Four soldiers were killed when an S-70 helicopter crashed in the Samankoy area of Yesilyurt district, in Turkey's Malatya province. The cause is not yet known.
The dead are majors Erdem Cimen and Orhun Pinar, both army pilots, and senior non-commissioned officers Huseyin Zehir and Serkan Yonder.
Overnight, the bodies were taken to the morgue of the Forensic Medicine Institute in Malatya.
A farewell ceremony was held at Malatya airport in the morning. The media were not allowed in. The bodies were then taken to Ankara.