People attend the funeral ceremony of Tenzile Erdogan, the mother of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...
People attend the funeral ceremony of Tenzile Erdogan, the mother of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 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 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)