The name of police officer Zekai Aktaş, who was martyred in a terrorist attack in the Karakoçan district in 1995 while on duty at the Elazığ Provincial Police Department, is kept alive in his hometown of Erzurum. The will of the martyr's mother Raile Aktaş, who passed away two years ago at the age of 90, to establish a memorial forest in her son's memory was fulfilled by police teams.
Martyr Zekai Aktaş's Name Is Kept Alive
Martyr police officer Zekai Aktaş's name was given to the police station in Yunus Emre Neighborhood four years after his martyrdom. However, it was closed three years later as part of austerity measures. Later, Martyr Aktaş's name was changed to In 2021, the police station on Ahmet Yesevi Street The personnel on duty here learned that the mother of the martyr, who passed away two years ago, had made a will to establish a memorial forest in her son's name.
Mother's Will Fulfilled: Thousand Saplings Planted
As a result of the studies carried out on this will of the martyr's mother, the Regional Forestry Directorate allocated On the 20-acre land on the Erzurum-Ağrı highway 22 saplings were planted on May 1000. With the planting of these saplings, the “Martyr Police Officer Zekai Aktaş Memorial Forest” was created and the will of the martyr’s mother was fulfilled.
