ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expresses his condolences to father of a martyred soldier, as they and Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials attend military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Doğukan Keskinkılıç - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Soldiers carry the coffins as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials attend military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Doğukan Keskinkılıç - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Soldiers carry the coffins as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials attend military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Doğukan Keskinkılıç - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends the military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, with the attendance of Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Doğukan Keskinkılıç - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends the military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, with the attendance of Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Doğukan Keskinkılıç - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 05: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli, and Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, relatives and officials attend military farewell ceremony for the 11 martyred soldiers in Turkish army helicopter crash in Bitlis, on March 05, 2021, at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. The deadly crash of an army helicopter in Bitlis province in eastern Turkey may have been caused by adverse weather conditions, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Friday. Contact with the Cougar-type military helicopter, which took off from Bingol for Tatvan district in Bitlis at 1.55 p.m. local time (1055GMT), was lost at 2.25 p.m. (1125GMT). ( Mustafa Kamacı - Anadolu Agency )