Turkish war veteran whose story of adopting a five-year-old Korean orphan that was recently made into a film died at the age of 91.
Suleyman Dilbirligi was a young sergeant fighting in Korea when he discovered Eunja Kim wandering alone.
Giving her the Turkish name Ayla, he cared for her for more than a year until he was shipped back to Turkey and she was sent to an orphanage.
The pair were separated for half-a-century until 2010, when South Korean officials reunited Suleyman and Eunja after hearing his story at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the war.
Suleyman Dilbirligi was a young sergeant fighting in Korea when he discovered Eunja Kim wandering alone.
Giving her the Turkish name Ayla, he cared for her for more than a year until he was shipped back to Turkey and she was sent to an orphanage.
The pair were separated for half-a-century until 2010, when South Korean officials reunited Suleyman and Eunja after hearing his story at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the war.
Turkish war veteran whose story of adopting a five-year-old Korean orphan that was recently made into a film died at the age of 91.
Suleyman Dilbirligi was a young sergeant fighting in Korea when he discovered Eunja Kim wandering alone.
Giving her the Turkish name Ayla, he cared for her for more than a year until he was shipped back to Turkey and she was sent to an orphanage.
The pair were separated for half-a-century until 2010, when South Korean officials reunited Suleyman and Eunja after hearing his story at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the war.
Suleyman Dilbirligi was a young sergeant fighting in Korea when he discovered Eunja Kim wandering alone.
Giving her the Turkish name Ayla, he cared for her for more than a year until he was shipped back to Turkey and she was sent to an orphanage.
The pair were separated for half-a-century until 2010, when South Korean officials reunited Suleyman and Eunja after hearing his story at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the war.
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DİLBİRLİĞİ AİLESİ
Em. Astsb. Kore Gazisi
Süleyman
Dilbirliği
D. 1926 - Ö. 2017
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