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An adoring father of his four "princesses." A weeping bride-to-be Authentic Luke Falk Jersey , bent over her fiance's coffin. Two women looking forward to a few days' vacation with their husbands and their infant children. Victims of Tuesday night's attack at Istanbul's main airport have left behind mourning friends and relatives who are now struggling to deal with their loss. Here are some of their stories:


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Goksel Kurnaz, 38, was outside the airport and inside his car when the attackers struck Authentic Kevin Byard Jersey , killing him. Employed by a private security firm in Istanbul, he had arrived at the airport to pick up his boss from a trip abroad. He had been married for two years. Joining his grieving wife for the funeral were his parents who flew from their home in the northern province of Ordu.


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Teacher Huseyin Tunc, 28 Authentic Derrick Henry Jersey , had a difficult childhood. Having lost his father at the age of five, he grew up having to "collect bread out in the streets," according to his mother. As a legacy of his hardscrabble past Authentic Jack Conklin Jersey , Tunc, who worked as electronics teacher at an Istanbul trade school for the past three years, was paying for his siblings' education.


His life ended shortly after Tunc arrived at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport to pick up some friends. Family Authentic Jonnu Smith Jersey , friends, students and colleagues gathered at his funeral Thursday in Istanbul.


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Abdulhekim Bugda, 24 Authentic Taywan Taylor Jersey , was just a month and a half into his job at Ground Services at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport when he was killed in the attacks Tuesday night.


As the first gunshots rang out, Bugda wrote "we are safe" on Facebook, reassuring friends and family. "Then in the morning we heard he was in critical condition Authentic Adoree' Jackson Jersey ," friend Adil Batur told reporters. "We arrived at the Bakirkoy State Hospital and learned he had passed."


The youngest of four siblings, Bugda had lost his father at a very young age. He belonged to an ethnic group from northwest China, and many members of that community attended his funeral in Istanbul Authentic Corey Davis Jersey , as well as family members.


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Ferhat Akkaya's wife wept. Her husband, a father of three, had gone to Istanbul's Ataturk Airport to see off a friend only to be caught up in the attacks Tuesday night and killed. Now he was being buried Thursday Authentic Harold Landry Jersey , but she and his children didn't want to let him go and held on tight to his coffin.


Other relatives during services at Akkaya's hometown in the northern province of Ordu railed against Turkish authorities, blaming them for failing to ensure airport security.


"Damn it! The state should hear our voices and take the necessary precautions," said Ferhat Kabakci Authentic Rashaan Evans Jersey , the victim's brother-in-law. "Now a widow and three orphans have been left behind. Who will look after them?"


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