06.11.2026 12:31
In the Marmaris district of Muğla, an 80-person team restarted the search at the family's request for 65-year-old İsa Çifçi, who went missing on Balan Mountain on 30 December 2023 while going to collect mushrooms. After his siblings filed a complaint alleging murder, the file was transferred to the Muğla Police Homicide Bureau teams; the family also applied for a declaration of absence.
A new search operation with an 80-person team has been launched for İsa Çifçi (65), who disappeared on Balan Mountain in the Marmaris district of Muğla 3 years ago while going to collect mushrooms. Marmaris District Governor Nurullah Kaya, who followed the efforts, said, “The efforts will continue until we find our citizen.”
For İsa Çifçi, who disappeared on Balan Mountain in the Marmaris district of Muğla on December 30, 2023, where he had gone to collect mushrooms, a new comprehensive search operation was launched at the request of his family. An 80-person team took part in the efforts started in the morning to find Çifçi, who has not been heard from for about 3 years. In the search efforts carried out under the coordination of AFAD upon the instruction of the Marmaris District Governorship, gendarmerie, Marmaris Forest Management Directorate, National Parks teams, hunters and volunteers from non-governmental organizations are taking part. The teams are conducting a large-scale sweep in and around Balan Mountain to find any trace of İsa Çifçi.
80-PERSON TEAM SWEEPS BALAN MOUNTAIN
Marmaris District Governor Nurullah Kaya, closely following the search efforts, noted that an 80-person team was working in the area and said, “Without losing hope, we are continuing these efforts together with our entire team. These efforts will also continue until we find our citizen.” Kaya, stating that even the smallest trace in the area is being carefully evaluated, expressed that search activities will continue at certain intervals and that all means have been mobilized to find the missing citizen.
HIS SIBLINGS FILE COMPLAINT WITH MURDER SUSPICION
It was learned that İsa Çifçi's siblings had previously filed a complaint with the gendarmerie, requesting that the disappearance also be investigated on suspicion of murder. It was stated that after the application, the file was transferred to the Murder Bureau teams of the Muğla Provincial Police Department. Meanwhile, it was learned that his family also applied for the initiation of a declaration of absence process for İsa Çifçi.