“Turkey... Don’t forget those braves who left their children fatherless to make our children smile,” wrote 25-year-old Feyyaz İlhan, a communication chief who lost his life in the attack, on Facebook on Feb. 7, expressing solidarity with scores of security personnel who have lost their lives in clashes counterterrorism operations in southeastern Turkey.

Fatma Berna Atmaca, a 26-year-old employee of a bank inside the Turkish Naval Forces Command compound who lost her life in the deadly attack, moved to the Turkish capital for professional reasons less than two months ago.

Having lost his life just 73 days before being discharged from the military, Ali Öztaş, a 28-year-old soldier who died in the Feb. 17 bombing, served in the military as a driver. Öztaş was originally from the southern province of Adana.

The burial ceremony for a senior master sergeant identified as Mehmet Kutlu was set to be held in the Bandırma district of the northwestern Balıkesir province after a symbolic funeral ceremony in Ankara on Feb. 19. Married with two children, Kutlu worked at the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) Photography and Film Center before he lost his life in the attack on Feb. 17.

The Ankara attack that targeted three service shuttles carrying military personnel claimed three lives from the same apartment complex located in Ankara’s Eryaman district. Turkish Naval Forces Command officer Cumali Akman and two female officers who have yet to be identified were from the Tuana Homes, an apartment compex in Eryaman.

Ayşegül Pürnek, a 32-year-old victim of the Ankara attack that happened in an area in between Turkey’s top military buildings and parliament in the capital, was an administrative official at Turkish Naval Forces Command.

“My son... What would we do without you,” shouted Ayten Pınar in tears, the mother of 28-year-old Air Force Command Sergeant Mehmet Koray Pınar who died in the attack.