Turkish soldiers have successfully evacuate Tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria

About 40 Turkish soldiers watching over the Tomb of Suleyman Shah a 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Turkey, near the Euphrates River in northern Syria have been evacuated amid the continuing security crisis. Turkey launched an overnight military operation into neighboring Syria to evacuate troops guarding an Ottoman tomb, around 600 troops on 100 Tanks have been used in this operation, authorities said Sunday.

Last March, when ISIS began to take villages and towns surrounding the tomb, Turkey deployed special forces soldiers to guard it. But on Saturday night, even they had to leave -- along with Shah's coffin. 

The tomb and the sarcophagus were temporarily moved to a new site within Syria close to the Turkish borders, the Foreign Ministry said. It said the new site has the same acreage as the previous one.Turkish officials said. Even though the tomb is in Syria, it is considered a Turkish exclave. Suleman Shah, the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, reportedly died near the Euphrates River in the 13 century. 

On Twitter, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, was moved into Turkey. The tomb, once some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Turkey on the banks of the Euphrates River, was in Syria's embattled Aleppo province and is considered Turkish territory

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