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The suicide bombing in Ankara Feb. 17 is shining a spotlight on the disparity between the treatment of official military personnel and civilian contractors.
Among the 29 people killed in the attack were 13 civilian workers at the Chief of Military Staff headquarters and nearby service commands. While the officers and noncommissioned officers killed in the attack were buried in military cemeteries after military funerals, the civilian staffers were not given such a grand farewell.
