Former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz passes away at 72
Former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has passed away aged 72 after a long battle with lung cancer, the official Anadolu news agency reported. He died on Friday in an Istanbul hospital where he was receiving treatment. Yilmaz served as the prime minister three times in the 1990s and had also led the Motherland Party from 1991 to 2002. 