The death in Istanbul reminded me of the pain in Izmir! The grieving father rebelled

During the heavy downpour in Istanbul, Mahmut Işıldak was electrocuted when he stepped into a puddle in Balat District Çukurbostan Park. Işıldak, who was taken to the hospital unconscious, could not be saved.

2 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN IZMIR

With Işıldak's death, the incident that took place in Izmir 2 years ago, in which Özge Ceren Deniz and İnanç Öktemay lost their lives, came to mind. Due to the downpour that started in the city at around 18:00 on July 12, 2024, the streets were filled with water in many districts.

Özge Ceren Deniz, a student at Izmir Democracy University Faculty of Medicine who wanted to be protected from the downpour, was electrocuted on the road filled with water. İnanç Öktemay (44), who was in the second-hand goods sales business and wanted to save Deniz, was also carried away by the current and suddenly collapsed. Deniz and Öktemay died in the hospital where they were taken. İnanç Öktemay was buried in Izmir, and Özge Ceren Deniz was buried in Osmaniye. While the lawsuit process initiated after the incident continues, there are no defendants detained.

'LESSONS SHOULD BE LEARNED FROM THESE EVENTS'

Father Ahmet Abi, who lost his daughter Özge Ceren Deniz in the incident that took place in Izmir, spoke about the incident in which Işıldak lost her life. Expressing his condolences to the family, Abi said, "Every death is an early death, but it makes me very sad that our young people lost their lives in this way. It is not the first thing that happened to my daughter, but it was not the last either. Lessons should be learned from these events and precautions should be taken now. While watching the footage, I saw the incident of my own child. If the necessary precautions had been taken, this incident would not have happened. Don't let other lives be hurt anymore."

'OUR YOUTH SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM LIFE'

Emphasizing that the decision to be issued in the ongoing trial will be exemplary, Abi said, "I believe and trust in justice from the very beginning. We were saying 'This incident that happened to my child should not happen to others', but unfortunately it did. This is a social event. Therefore, we want the decision to be issued by the judiciary to be an exemplary and deterrent, so that precautions can be taken and our young people are not separated from life."