Aviation Martyrs' MonumentHava Şehitleri Anıtıformerly Tayyare Şehitleri Abidesi

Aviation Martyrs' MonumentHava Şehitleri Anıtıformerly Tayyare Şehitleri Abidesi - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Aviation Martyrs' Monument ( or formerly Tayyare Şehitleri Abidesi), located in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial dedicated to the first soldiers of the Ottoman Airforce to be killed in flight accidents. In Turkey, one use of the term "martyr" is as an honorific for people killed in action during war. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monument
date from: 1916

Source: en.wikipedia.org