Collapse in Türkiye: a French woman is among the victims

A French woman is one of three people killed Thursday in the collapse of a rock column on a tourist site listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in the Turkish region of Cappadocia, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday.

“France learned with the greatest sadness of the death of a compatriot in the collapse of a rock column on a tourist site in Cappadocia, which occurred on October 29,” indicates the Quai d’Orsay, without giving details of the victim. “We are in constant contact with his family to whom we extend our condolences,” adds the ministry.