18.10.2026 22:10
The lifeless body of 42-year-old Sinan Yavuz, a member of the 14-person IHH volunteer group stranded in Yazılı Canyon in the Sütçüler district of Isparta, has been reached. Rescue efforts are ongoing to save the 13 volunteers whose locations were identified by drone and who are reported to be alive from the steep and rugged terrain.
One person from the 14-person IHH volunteer group stranded at the Yazılı Canyon location in the Sütçüler district of Isparta has been found dead.
THEY WERE PLANNING TO EXIT THE CANYON AT NIGHT
The group came from Istanbul to the region for search and rescue training and canyon activities; it consists of 12 professional and 2 amateur mountaineers. According to the information obtained, the group set out on foot from Yeşildere Neighborhood of Sütçüler district at around 09.00 yesterday to go to Yazılı Canyon. When no news could be received from the group, which was planned to exit the canyon at night, a report was made to the 112 Emergency Call Center at around 12.00 today.
In a written statement from the Isparta Governor's Office, it was stated that a report was made to the 112 Emergency Call Center that the 14-person IHH volunteer group that came to the city from Istanbul had gone missing at the Yazılı Canyon location, and upon this, AFAD, Gendarmerie Search and Rescue, Isparta Municipality Search and Rescue and the National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) were dispatched to the region.
THEIR LOCATION WAS DETECTED BY DRONE
In the statement, it was reported that the group's location was detected through unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-supported work, and that as a result of search and rescue efforts, one person was found dead. The volunteer who lost his life was identified as 42-year-old Sinan Yavuz.
In the statement, which said that efforts continue to rescue the 13 people stranded in steep and rugged terrain, it was stated that 28 personnel and 8 vehicles from Afyonkarahisar, Antalya, Burdur, Kastamonu, Konya and Denizli were dispatched to the region under the coordination of the AFAD Presidency.
In the Governor's Office statement, condolences were offered for the person who lost his life.