With the death of a soldier injured in an attack on Wednesday carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria’s al-Bab region, the number of Turkish soldiers killed during Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in August, has increased to 38.
The wounded soldier died in a Gaziantep hospital. His funeral will be held in his hometown of Yozgat.
The ISIL attack took place on Wednesday morning near a field hospital where the Turkish soldiers were deployed.