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Friday, April 25, 2014

Turkey sends tanks and troops into Syria to protect Ottoman tomb | Al Bawaba

Turkey sends tanks and troops into Syria to protect Ottoman tomb

Published April 25th, 2014 - 05:00 GMT via SyndiGate.info

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent troops to Syria to guard the tomb of a Turkish figure in the Arab country, local media report.

Erdogan sent some 300 forces and several armored vehicles to the neighboring country to protect the tomb of Suleyman Shah, who was the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey’s Today Zaman daily said on Wednesday.

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