29.12.2025 16:45
In the Harran district of Şanlıurfa, the lifeless bodies of three children in a car that plunged into an irrigation canal were retrieved from the water, while the search efforts for their father, Halil Gündüz, are ongoing. It has been learned that two of the children retrieved from the water are Halil Gündüz's children, and one is his nephew.
In the Harran district of Şanlıurfa, a car overturned into an irrigation canal. While the lifeless bodies of 3 people were reached, search efforts for one person are ongoing.
CAR OVERTURNED, 4 PEOPLE SWEPT AWAY BY CANAL WATER
Learning that schools were closed, father Halil Gündüz wanted to pick up his children and nephews from the boarding school in central Şanlıurfa and return home. As Gündüz approached his home, he lost control of the car on the slippery road due to snowfall. While 2 people in the car that overturned into the drainage canal managed to escape on their own, father Halil Gündüz, his son Ali Gündüz, his nephew Mustafa Gündüz, and another person whose name has not yet been learned could not get out of the submerged car.
BODIES OF 3 MISSING PERSONS FOUND
After the incident, diver police, UMKE, fire brigade, AFAD, and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the area. The teams reached the car as a result of their efforts. While the driver of the car could not be reached, the bodies of his son Ali Gündüz and his nephews Ömer Gündüz and Mustafa Gündüz were found.