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.
In the statement made by Isparta Governorship on the subject, "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 were in good health and were together at another point, 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."
In a post on the subject made by IHH on virtual media, "A tragic accident occurred during the organization organized by our volunteers as a group of 14 people in Yazılı Canyon in the Sütçüler district of Isparta.
One of our volunteers died as a result of the accident.
The health conditions of our 13 volunteers who were stranded in the steep and rugged terrain are good, and efforts are continuing under the coordination of AFAD for their evacuation.
May God have mercy on our volunteer who passed away; "We offer our patience and condolences to his family, relatives, our community and all our volunteers."
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 offer 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 good luck to all teams continuing their rescue efforts.
As an institution that shares the same humanitarian responsibility in search and rescue activities and works shoulder to shoulder in the field, we feel great sorrow for this painful loss.
"Our condolences," it said.
It was learned that IHH instructor Sinan Yavuz, who was among the 14-person IHH team that came from Istanbul to Isparta's Sütçüler district for training, 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.
In the message, "We are deeply saddened to lose 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 have mercy on him and grant him a place in heaven.
"We wish patience to his family and the entire IHH family."
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.
