President Ersin Tatar visits the graves of the Champion Angels basketball team who died in the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye two years ago
President Ersin Tatar visited the martyrdom of the Champion Angels Basketball team on the second anniversary of their deaths when the Isias Hotel in Adıyaman where they were staying collapsed during the devastating earthquakes that occurred in Türkiye on February 6, 2023.
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Speaking during the ceremony that was held near to the graves of the Champion Angels, who were in Adıyaman for a tournament, President Tatar said: “The Turkish Cypriot People are continuing to mourn with great sadness the significant loss of life, the lives of our children, their coaches and family members, who died following the collapse of the Isias hotel in the earthquakes where the basketball team of the Türk Maarif College of Gazimağusa were staying. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost in the devastating earthquakes. May they all rest in eternal peace.”
President Tatar, who placed flowers on the graves of the Champion Angels, stated that they are “fully supporting the families” of the Champion Angels in their legal case for justice. The President also visited the graves of other Champion Angels at Yeniboğazici, Atlılar, Dörtyol, Vadili and Ulukışla.