24.05.2026 15:11
The body of Musa Paşa, who was swept away by floodwaters in Hatay, was found and laid to rest. His mother, Yenal Paşa, shedding tears, stated that her son was preparing for the police exam. The death toll in the flood disaster has risen to 5.
Musa Pasha (20), who went missing after the car they were in fell into a creek during the flood in Hatay and whose body was found during search efforts, was laid to rest. At the funeral, Pasha's mother Yenal Pasha wept, saying, "You were going to become a police officer, my child; your exam was approaching, where are you going?"
1 PERSON STILL NOT REACHED
In the city, the downpour of 157.2 kilograms per square meter on May 20 paralyzed life in the districts of Antakya, Defne, Reyhanlı, and Samandağ. In Hacı Ömer Alpagot Neighborhood of Antakya district, Abdulhannan El Muhamme (15) died when the single-story detached house on the slope collapsed; Nedim Habeşoğlu (66) died when the road collapsed near the Subaşı Overpass on the Defne-Samandağ ring road and his car fell; Şahut Kimyonok (62) was swept away by floodwaters in Samandağ district, and Deniz Hoşgel (19) fell into the Karaçay River with their car. Musa Pasha, who was in the same car as Hoşgel, could not be reached.
FLOOD DEATH TOLL RISES TO 5
AFAD, the Coast Guard Command, and the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Underwater Search and Rescue teams resumed search and rescue operations in the river yesterday morning. Pasha's lifeless body was found in a muddy, reedy area of an olive grove approximately 2 kilometers away. Thus, the death toll from the flood disaster rose to 5.
'YOUR EXAM WAS APPROACHING, WHERE DID YOU GO?'
Following the autopsy, Pasha's body, received by his relatives, was brought to Mağaracık Neighborhood Cemetery. The funeral was attended by his family, Samandağ Deputy District Governor Muhammed Yiğit Yıldırım, Samandağ Mayor Emrah Karaçay, district officials, and citizens. Musa Pasha's mother, Yenal Pasha, hugged her son's coffin and wept, saying, "You were going to become a police officer, my child; your exam was approaching, where are you going? All your friends are here, why did you leave and go?"
Musa Pasha's body was laid to rest after prayers.