IHH team disappeared in Isparta: 1 dead, rescue work continues for 10 people

It was determined that one person lost his life during the search and rescue efforts initiated after the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation volunteers, who went to Yazılı Canyon for a training activity in the Sütçüler district of Isparta, went missing.

It was learned that the group of 14 people from Istanbul participated in the drill held in Yazılı Canyon the previous day. After it was reported that the team lost its direction at noon yesterday, many search and rescue teams were dispatched to the region.

The lifeless body of IHH instructor Sinan Yavuz, who was determined to have fallen to his death in a mountainous area during the work, was found.

3 PEOPLE WERE SAVED, WORK FOR 10 PEOPLE HAS STARTED AGAIN

The efforts initiated to save 13 people stranded in the steep and rugged terrain continued throughout the night. The teams managed to rescue 3 of those trapped.

While the location of the other 10 people was determined, rescue efforts were suspended due to adverse terrain and night conditions. The teams restarted their work in the early hours of the morning to reach 10 people.

GOVERNORSHIP: 10 PEOPLE ARE IN GOOD HEALTH

Isparta Governorship announced that communication was established with 10 stranded people and that their health condition was good.

The following statements were made in the statement made by the governor's office:

"3 of our 13 citizens who were stranded in Yazılı Canyon location in Sütçüler district were rescued as a result of the intense work of our teams. In addition, the body of our deceased citizen has been reached and the transfer process is continuing. Contact has been established with 10 of our citizens who are together at another point and are in good health, and the rescue efforts, which were interrupted because they could not continue due to night conditions and the steep and rugged terrain of the region, will be restarted in the early hours of the morning."

STATEMENT FROM IHH

In the statement made by IHH, it was confirmed that one volunteer lost his life in the incident, and it was stated that efforts were continuing under the coordination of AFAD to evacuate those trapped.

The statement said, "The health condition of our 13 volunteers who were stranded in the steep and rugged terrain is good and efforts are continuing under the coordination of AFAD for their evacuation."