Turkish colonel dies in apparent suicide

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A Turkish colonel stationed at EDOK, a key military educational and doctrinal unit, was found dead in his car in the Marmara province of Kocaeli today.

The body of Col. İsmail Çetiner, a communications officer at the EDOK Kocaeli command, was found by locals in a wooded area on Salim Dervişoğlu avenue.

Police arrived at the scene and found Çetiner with a gunshot wound on his right temple and a pistol in his right hand. Officers notified military authorities and cordoned off the area to search for evidence.

The police reported that preliminary findings pointed at suicide.