Turkey conducted a solemn funeral ceremony on Friday to honor 20 military personnel who tragically lost their lives in a plane crash in Georgia. The incident occurred on Tuesday when a C-130 military cargo aircraft, en route from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkey, crashed in Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality near the Azerbaijani border. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The victims included crew members and military personnel who were responsible for the maintenance and repair of Turkish F-16 jets. These jets had been deployed to Azerbaijan to participate in the country’s Victory Day celebrations, commemorating Azerbaijan’s 2020 military triumph over Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a decades-long territorial dispute. The funeral ceremony took place at an airbase in Ankara, where families, officials, and fellow soldiers paid their respects to the 20 flag-draped coffins. The deceased were subsequently transported to their hometowns for burial. In response to the tragedy, Turkey has temporarily grounded its remaining 18 C-130 military cargo planes as a precautionary measure pending technical inspections. These aircraft are integral to Turkey’s armed forces, primarily used for personnel transport and logistical operations. An accident investigation team has been dispatched to the crash site, and the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder are currently being examined in Ankara. The National Defense Ministry confirmed that there was no ammunition on board the aircraft at the time of the crash.