On the night of the July 15th coup attempt, 20-year-old, Samet Cantürk was martyred caused by blood loss. He was wounded at the Akıncı 4th Main Jet Base Command and was unable to get help due to the putschist troops blocking the ambulance routes.
Informed about the coup attempt plotted by Gülenist traitors, Samet decided to go out on the call of President Erdoğan. He contacted his friends around 01:30-02:00 and set off to the 4th Main Jet Base Command.
After Samet was wounded, he waited a long time for the ambulance to arrive and in doing so, he lost quite a lot of blood. He was shot in his neck. However, his friends were able to reach him and tried taking him to the hospital. It was on his way to the hospital that Samet became a martyr.
Samet worked at the Kazan Municipality Civil Works Department as a contract-based worker. He lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of 13. He was buried in Soğulcak Village next to his parents’ graves. His grandmother Refika Cantürk said, “My grandson used to say that he wanted to become a martyr in the military. And I would always say ‘Heaven forbid.’ My little one died for his country.”
Kahramankazan Municipality Mayor Lokman Ertürk made a statement saying that the name of Martyr Samet Cantürk was given to Kahramankazan Bocce Hall and Bocce 1st league.
