05.11.2026 00:12
In the Saray district of Tekirdağ, Yusuf Baş and Adem Ak, who went to Kanara Canyon to collect mushrooms, were stranded when they could not cross the stream whose flow rate rose with heavy rain. AFAD, gendarmerie, and fire brigade teams who came to the area upon their families' report took the two people from the opposite side of the stream with the bucket of a construction machine. Baş and Ak, whose health was good, returned home with their families. A family of 6 in a house at risk of flooding in the district was placed in a hotel.
In the Saray district of TEKİRDAĞ, 2 people who were stranded in Kanara Canyon, where they had gone mushroom picking, after the stream's flow rate rose with heavy rainfall, were rescued by AFAD, gendarmerie, and fire brigade teams using heavy machinery.
STREAM ROSE WHILE MUSHROOM PICKING
While heavy rainfall affected the Saray district of Tekirdağ, streams overflowed their banks. Yusuf Baş and Adem Ak, living in the Saray district, went to pick mushrooms in the Kanara Canyon area located on the road to the Güngörmez Neighborhood of the district. The 2 people who crossed to the other side of the stream in the canyon were stranded after picking mushrooms when they could not cross the stream, whose flow rate had risen due to the rain that fell during the day on their way home.
THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THE OPPOSITE BANK WITH AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET
Baş and Ak, who called their families by mobile phone, stated that they were stranded and requested help be sent to their location. Upon the families' report, AFAD, gendarmerie, fire brigade, and medical teams as well as heavy machinery were dispatched to the area. Baş and Ak were rescued by being taken from the opposite side of the stream with the bucket of the heavy machinery. Baş and Ak, whose health condition was good, went home with their families who were waiting for them.
FAMILY OF 6 PLACED IN A HOTEL
A house under flood threat in the Safaalan Neighborhood of Saray district was evacuated by teams. The family of 6 living in the house was placed in a hotel by Saray Municipality. Saray Mayor Abdül Taşyasan said, "Our teams continue their work in areas with heavy water accumulation. As a result of the work we have carried out so far, we observe that the water level in overflowing stream beds has decreased. In a risky area in Safaalan Neighborhood, we took a family of 6 from there and placed them in a hotel. As for the 2 people who went mushroom picking, we rescued them from where they were stranded by our fire brigade, AFAD, and municipality teams. Our citizens can report to us the areas where they see a risk. Our teams are on duty 24 hours a day."