06.03.2025 01:50
The 36-year-old architect Ece Gürel, who went missing after visiting Belgrad Forest in Istanbul on Sunday, March 2, has been found safe. Her husband was brought to tears upon hearing the news.
After going for a walk in Belgrad Forest, architect Ece Gürel, who went missing, has been found safe.
MISSING ARCHITECT FOUND SAFE
Good news has arrived about 36-year-old architect Ece Gürel, who left her home saying she would go to Belgrad Forest and had not been heard from since Sunday, March 2. Gürel was found by search and rescue teams sleeping by a stream in the forest. It was learned that Gürel had minor injuries.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On Sunday, March 2, Ece Gürel (36) left her home in the Gültepe neighborhood of Kağıthane saying she would go to Belgrad Forest. After her relatives reported her missing, a search was initiated with the participation of police, AFAD, UMKE, AKUT, and numerous search and rescue teams from various district municipalities. Divers from the Istanbul Fire Department Underwater Search and Rescue (İSAK) also conducted dives at the Valide Sultan Dam.
A mobile phone and some personal belongings belonging to Gürel were found during the searches in Belgrad Forest, and footage of the moments when the missing woman left her home, as well as the moments she got on the IETT bus to go to the forest and got off at the entrance of the forest, were captured by in-vehicle cameras.