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Üsküdar acting mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin killed in traffic accident
Üsküdar Acting Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin was seriously injured in a traffic accident on the Düzce section of the Anadolu Motorway and later lost his life in hospital. Five people, including Gültekin, were injured in the crash.
Dündar Ziya Gültekin, the acting mayor of Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, lost his life after a traffic accident in Düzce on Oct. 15.
The crash happened on the Ankara-bound side of the Anadolu Motorway near Sarıçökek in Kaynaşlı district, when the car Gültekin was in struck another car traveling in the same direction. Five people, including Gültekin, were injured and taken to nearby hospitals after first aid at the scene.
Gültekin, whose condition was reported to be more serious than the others’, could not be saved at the hospital. AK Party Düzce provincial chair Hasan Şengüloğlu had said outside the hospital that Gültekin was in worse condition than the other injured. Gültekin was reportedly traveling to Ankara for the Union of Municipalities of Türkiye election.
Gültekin had been elected acting mayor by the municipal council after the arrest of Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş of the CHP.
AK Party spokesman Ömer Çelik said, "We are very saddened," offering condolences to Gültekin’s family, relatives and the party organization. An investigation into the crash has been launched.
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