President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan phoned Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli who lost his father-in-law and expressed his condolences.
The father-in-law of the Minister of Agriculture and Forest, Bekir Pakdemirli, who passed away yesterday, Sedat Özyavuzgil was interred.
A funeral ceremony was held at the Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Theology Mosque for the 80-year-old Ozyavuzgil, who died yesterday at his home in Izmir.
Besides Minister Pakdemirli and his wife, Ahu Pakdemirli, mother-in-law Seyhan Özyavuzgil, brother-in-laws Yavuz and Oğuz Özyavuzgil and family relatives, AK Party Deputy Chairman and İzmir Deputy Hamza Dağ, Governor of İzmir Erol Ayyıldız, Governor of Aydın Yavuz Selim Köşger, Governor of Manisa Mustafa Hakan Güvençer, AK Party Deputies Mahmut Atilla Kaya, Alpay Özalan, Yaşar Kırkpınar, AK Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Aydın Şengül, MHP İzmir Province Chairman Necat Karataş, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu, İzmir Police Commissioner Hüseyin Aşkın, Former Minister of Family and Social Policies Sema Ramazanoğlu, Ak Parti İzmir Women's Branch Chairperson Dilek Yıldız, Izmir Chamber of Commerce President Selami Özpoyraz, President of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association Hayrettin Uçak, Cem Bakioğlu, Samim Sivri, Mustafa Karabağlı, Metin Sancak, and Hüseyin Aslan from business world, İzmir Commodity Exchange Board Chairperson Işınsu Kestelli and Özyavuzgil's neighbors, lovers and citizens were attended the funeral ceremony.
During the ceremony, together with Bekir Pakdemirli, his mother-in-law Seyhan Özyavuzgül, his wife Ahu Pakdemirli, and his brother-in-laws Oğuz and Yavuz Özyavuzgil accepted condolences.
Özyavuzgil was interred in Cesme Cemetery where he was taken by funeral vehicle following the noon prayer.
Condolence call from President Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan phoned Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli who lost his father-in-law and expressed his condolences.
Besides President Erdoğan, Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey Grand National Assembly President Binali Yıldırım and members of the cabinet also called Mister Pakdemirli for condolence.
Minister Pakdemirli and his family received their condolences at their home in Mithatpaşa Street in Küçükyalı.