Former prime minister and Motherland Party of Turkey (Anavatan) chairman Mesut Yilmaz passed away.

Yilmaz, 73 was being treated in a private hospital for a lung tumor discovered during a routine health check-up in January last year.

As a result of the operation performed on 23 January 2019, the tumor was cleared. Yılmaz, however, found out to have a tumor in the brain stem in May 2020. He had been treated for about 2 months after a new operation.

Yilmaz was appointed as prime minister three times between 1991 and 1999, serving as premier for a period of two years in total.