Originally from Midyat, Mardin Special Operations Police Velid Bektaş, who survived the first bomb, was martyred after the second bomb dropped by FETÖ putschists on the Gölbaşı Special Operations Headquarters.
The 30-year-old married Bektaş was buried in Midyat, Mardin on Tuesday, July 19th.
A sorrow from Midyat to Bolu
Velid Bektaş’s wife is from Bolu. Velid Bektaş’s martyrdom on July 15 grieved the people of Bolu, as well as people of Midyat. The people of Bolu, who watched over democracy, marched from Velid Bektaş’s wife Meryem Bektaş’s house to Bolu Municipality Square. The martyr’s wife accepted people’s condolences, in a ceremony held for the martyrs.