14 people from the Istanbul IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation volunteer group came to Yazılı Canyon in Sütçüler district for an exercise the other day. It was reported that the team had lost direction at noon yesterday. Thereupon, many rescue teams were directed to the area. During the work carried out, the lifeless body of IHH trainer Sinan Yavuz, who was determined to have fallen to his death in the mountainous region, was found.
An effort was launched to rescue 13 people stranded in steep and rugged terrain. The teams, who continued their work throughout last night, reached and rescued 3 people. Rescue efforts for the other 10 people were suspended due to the steep and rugged nature of the region. The teams restarted their work early this morning to reach the 10 people who were located.
GOVERNORSHIP: 3 WERE SAVED
In the statement made by Isparta Governorship, "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 was found and the transfer process is continuing. Contact was established with 10 of our citizens who were together at another point and 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, were resumed in the early hours of the morning." It will be started" it was said.
IHH: EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR THEIR EVACUATION
IHH shared a post on the virtual media on the subject: "A tragic accident occurred during the organization carried out by our volunteers as a group of 14 people in Yazılı Canyon in the Sütçüler district of Isparta. One of our volunteers passed away as a result of the accident. The health of our 13 volunteers who were stranded in the steep and rugged terrain is in good condition and efforts are continuing under the coordination of AFAD for their evacuation. May God have mercy on our volunteer who passed away; patience to his family, relatives, community and all our volunteers." and we offer our condolences."
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM AKUT
Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) also shared a message about the incident. In the post of the association, "We learned with deep sadness that one of our IHH volunteer friends lost his life during the training held in Yazılı Kanyon. May God have mercy on our IHH volunteer friend who lost his life; we express our condolences to his family, relatives and the entire search and rescue community, especially IHH. We hope that all 13 volunteers trapped in the incident will be evacuated safely, and we wish ease to all teams who continue the rescue efforts. We wish good luck to all teams who continue their rescue efforts. They share the same humanitarian responsibility in search and rescue activities and work shoulder to shoulder in the field." "As an institution that does business, we express our deepest condolences for this painful loss."
THE INSTRUCTOR WHO LOST HIS LIFE FROM THE KÜÇÜKÇEKMECE TEAM
It was learned that IHH trainer Sinan Yavuz, who fell and died in the mountainous region, was from the Küçükçekmece IHH Representation team. Küçükçekmece IHH Representation published a condolence message on the virtual media regarding the incident. The message said, "We are deeply saddened to have lost our companion Sinan Yavuz from Küçükçekmece IHH Search and Rescue team, as a result of a tragic accident that occurred during canyon training in the Sütçüler district of Isparta. May God rest his soul and rest in peace. We wish patience to his family and the entire IHH family."
TERRAIN CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT
On the other hand, it was learned that 3 people rescued from the canyon were brought to Sütçüler district, and efforts to save the other 10 people continue. It was stated that helicopter support was requested for the rescue, but the terrain structure of the region made the work difficult.
