Turkey's PM Erdogan carries the coffin of his mother Tenzile Erdogan during her funeral in Istanbul
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) carries the coffin of his mother Tenzile Erdogan during her funeral in Istanbul October 8, 2011. Erdogan's mother died in an Istanbul hospital on Friday, prompting a delay in his planned weekend trip to the Syrian border, officials from his office told Reuters. Tenzile Erdogan, who was in her 80s, had undergone an operation to remove her gall bladder and died on Friday morning, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY SOCIETY)