18.10.2026 10:00
New footage has emerged showing the moments when the vehicle of 63-year-old Ahmet Derin, who went missing in the flood that occurred in Istanbul’s Sarıyer district on October 14, was swept away by floodwaters. In the footage recorded with a mobile phone camera, panicked bystanders can be heard saying, “Bro, let’s get out, we’re probably going to die here.” Search efforts launched to find Derin and 55-year-old Haşim Ciritoğulları, who also went missing in the same flood, are ongoing.
Moments when the vehicle of Ahmet Derin, who went missing in the flood caused by the overflow of the stream in Sarıyer Ayazağa Neighborhood, was swept away by the current were captured on a cell phone camera. In the footage, the words of a person who noticed that someone was inside the vehicle, “There is a man inside, I swear,” can also be heard.
THE STREAM OVERFLOWED IN AYAZAĞA During the downpour that was effective in Istanbul on Wednesday, October 14, the stream overflowed in Sarıyer Ayazağa Neighborhood. Many houses, workplaces and vehicles were submerged. After the flood, a search operation was launched for Ahmet Derin and Haşim Ciritoğulları, from whom no news had been received.
“WE'LL PROBABLY DIE HERE” In the footage recorded on the day of the flood, the panic in the conversations of bystanders watching the rising water was reflected. In the footage, a person is heard saying, “Bro, look at that current. Oh no, oh no, the stream is overflowing, friends. Let's get down, let's get out of here.” Later in the video, the words “Bro, let's get down, we'll probably die here” are captured on camera.
“THERE IS A MAN INSIDE” As the vehicle was being swept away in the floodwaters, one of the bystanders said, “There is a man inside. There is a man inside, I swear. God, please help. May God help.” In another cell phone footage that emerged earlier, moments were seen in which Derin tried to save himself by holding on to a vehicle in the floodwaters.
Ahmet Derin CİRİTOĞULLARI’S LAST FOOTAGE IS FROM HIS WORKPLACE In security camera footage of Haşim Ciritoğulları, who went missing in the same flood, moments when Ciritoğulları left his workplace in Seyrantepe were seen. Ciritoğulları’s son Enes Ciritoğulları stated that they had not heard from his father for 4 days and said, “There is no trace.” The family, asking anyone who sees or hears anything to contact them, called for the missing persons to be found.
SEARCH WORK CONTINUES In addition to AFAD and police teams, volunteer teams are also carrying out search work in Ayazağa Stream. While teams are scanning the section from the starting point in Ayazağa to under the bridge, another team is searching on the Kağıthane side. Efforts launched to find Ahmet Derin and Haşim Ciritoğulları are continuing.