Muhammet Fatih Safiturk, the governor of Mardin's Derik district, died as a result of injuries sustained in a PKK attack on his office a day earlier.
Safiturk succumbed to his wounds in the Ersin Arslan State Hospital in the nearby Gaziantep province, said Gaziantep Governor Ali Yerlikaya.
Three people, including Safiturk, were wounded Thursday in the attack on Safiturk’s office in the southeastern Mardin province.
After the attack, security forces apprehended 20 people in the district, said a security source who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
After treatment at Dicle University Hospital in the Diyarbakir province, Safiturk was later transferred to Gaziantep by helicopter.
Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material.
