Social media talked about them! Young people knocked down by giant waves: We exaggerated a little!

The incident took place yesterday evening on Üsküdar Beach. With the southwest wind affecting Istanbul, huge waves formed in the sea.

Seeing the waves rising meters high, 3 young people posed by the sea to take a souvenir photo. At that moment, the giant wave suddenly hit the shore and the young people were trapped in the water.

Content producer Yusuf Albayrak (39) recorded those moments second by second. While the video was watched by millions on social media in a short time, the content producer and 3 young people who recorded what happened talked about those moments.

"THANKS TO MY FRIENDS, I HAVE BREAKED A RECORD OF VIEWINGS"

Content producer Yusuf Albayrak (39), who video-recorded the events, said, "I shoot wave videos when there is southwest wind. I came to Üsküdar that day. My friends were here while I was shooting the video, they were getting wet here. I said to them, 'Let me make a video for you and let you watch it for a million people.' But we exaggerated a bit, we got 46 million viewers to watch it, and it's still being watched. Thanks to those friends, I have now broken the viewing record. I am very happy that the video was watched. I got rewarded for my effort. "After the video, I brought my friends to the cafe, bought them a nice tea, and then sent them home," he said.

Ekrem Azze (16), one of the young people who got wet, said, "Right here, while we were having fun, we saw our brother Yusuf making a video. We shot a video in exchange for a beautiful view among the waves, and it spread in one day. It has been seen all over Türkiye and France." Another young man, Yusuf Bertan (17), stated that they had a lot of fun and said, "We were having fun here, on the beach, by the sea. After that, we met Yusuf brother and shot a video together. I mean, there was a lot of water, there were waves, but I think the memory was very beautiful. There were a few other people, journalists, people followed and watched us. After that, the video spread." Abdurrahman Bozok (16) said, "He wanted to have a memory like this. It was nice, we had fun."