A police officer in the anti-terror branch, Varol Tosun was sent to the General Staff building during the vicious July 15th coup attempt, and martyred by a bomb from the treacherous FETÖ putschists. On that night, Varol was sent from his station at Etimesgut to the General Staff building in Ankara, to resist the putschists.
44 Year old Varol was martyred by a bomb dropped on the General Staff building by the vicious putschists. He was buried in his hometown Niğde after his funeral ceremony was held on July 16th.
Martyr Police Officer Tosun was married and the father of a daughter named Utku and a son named Birol. The martyr’s name was given to a middle school in his hometown, Niğde.