土耳其撤回守護蘇雷曼大帝陵墓軍人大綱

Turkey’s military carried out an operation in Syria overnight to evacuate soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Turkish officials say tanks and other heavy weaponry entered Syria through the border city of Kobani, which Syrian Kurdish fighters retook last month after fierce battles with the Islamic State group.

The officials say the mission was successful with the troops brought back to Turkey. They note that one soldier was killed in an accident.

The tomb, which is about 35 kilometers into Syria in Aleppo Province, is on Turkish territory based on a treaty signed in 1921.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the tomb will be moved to a different site in Syria closer to the Turkish border.

Turkey’s government said last year that Islamic State militants were advancing on the tomb, which is guarded by several dozen Turkish soldiers.土耳其軍方連夜在敘利亞採取行動，將守護奧斯曼帝國締造者的祖父蘇雷曼大帝陵墓的軍人撤回國內。

土耳其官員表示，土耳其的坦克和其他重型武器經過邊境城市科巴尼進入敘利亞。敘利亞庫爾德武裝上個月經過激烈戰鬥從伊斯蘭國組織手中奪回了該城市。

土耳其官員說，這次軍事行動成功完成，守護部隊已撤回土耳其境內。土耳其官員說，一位軍人在一次事故中喪生。

這個敘利亞境內大約35公里、位於阿勒頗省的陵墓所在之處，根據1921年簽署的一項條約，屬於土耳其領土。

土耳其總理艾哈邁德·達武特奧盧表示，陵墓將被移至敘利亞境內更靠近土耳其邊界的另外一個地點。

土耳其政府去年說，伊斯蘭國激進分子曾向有幾十名土耳其軍人把守的陵墓推進。