Turkish goalkeeper Eyup Turkaslan tragically lost his life after the catastrophic earthquake that hit his home country. Turkey and Syria suffered devastating tremors on Monday morning that have so far claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 people, as per the Guardian, in what is arguably the worst disaster of this year.
Turkaslan was among the people trapped in the rubble and his club Yeni Malatyaspor has since confirmed that he passed on.
“Our goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan, lost his life after being under the collapse of the earthquake. Rest in peace.We will not forget you, beautiful person.”
Turkaslan has passed on aged 28 years and has been at second-tier side Yeni Malatyaspor for two years now.
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