Turkey declares national day of mourning for Saudi King

Ankara : Turkey declared the day of Saturday as national day of mourning over the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah.

“As a sign of mourning, all flags would be lowered to half-staff across the country and in all of our foreign diplomatic representations on the day,” the Turkish Prime Ministry Press Center said Friday, reported Xinhua.


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On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delayed a planned trip to Somalia to attend the funeral of King Abdullah.

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