12.11.2025 13:35
The father of Air Pilot Lieutenant Cüneyt Kandemir, who was martyred in the crash of a military cargo plane on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border, Adil Kandemir, stated that his son got married a year ago and said, "This year he went to Japan and came back, he traveled. He was going to travel around the world, but it was not meant to be."
The C130 cargo plane belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces, which set off yesterday from Azerbaijan to Turkey, crashed in Georgia. The Ministry of National Defense announced that 20 military personnel on board were martyred.
MARRIED 1 YEAR AGO
The news of the martyrdom of Air Pilot Lieutenant Cüneyt Kandemir (31), who was on the C-130 military cargo plane belonging to the Ministry of National Defense that crashed on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border, reached his family home in the Yenimahalle district of Ankara. It was learned that Cüneyt Kandemir's father, Adil Kandemir (58), was engaged in trade and was retired, and his mother, Canan Kandemir, was also retired from teaching. It was reported that the martyred pilot Cüneyt married his wife Defne Kandemir 1 year ago and they lived in Kayseri.
"HE WAS GOING TO TRAVEL THE WORLD, IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE"
Speaking with tears in his eyes, father Adil Kandemir said, "I pray for my pilot son Cüneyt Kandemir and the 20 martyrs, may they all rest in peace. May their places be paradise. Our child, for the homeland, will all go to paradise. I am very sad. He got married last year. He realized all his dreams in a short time. This year he went to Japan and came back, traveled. He was going to travel around the world, but it was not meant to be. I hope it will be granted to our other soldiers. We exist for the homeland, my child also became a martyr for the homeland," he said.