16.10.2026 11:25
After the heavy downpours that affected the Akyazı district of Sakarya, the neighborhood was flooded when the streams overflowed. In a flooded neighborhood, young people from the neighborhood came to the rescue of the imam and congregation who were stranded in the mosque after the Isha prayer. The young people used a small boat they obtained to carry citizens through the floodwaters and get them to their homes.
The severe downpours that continue to affect the entire Sakarya province also had a negative impact on life in Akyazı district. As a result of Yağcılar Creek, which passes through Yağcılar Neighborhood, overflowing, the neighborhood was almost completely submerged. Due to the flood, water levels on streets and roads rose to knee height.
MOSQUE IMAM AND CITIZENS WERE LEFT IN SHOCK
Citizens and the mosque imam who went to the neighborhood mosque to perform the Isha prayer saw that the roads had turned into a river when they went outside after worship. Young people in the neighborhood rushed to help citizens who could not leave the mosque and had difficulty getting home due to floodwaters exceeding knee height.
THEY CARRIED THE MOSQUE CONGREGATION BY BOAT
Young people from the neighborhood used a small boat they found to take the mosque imam and congregation, who were stranded amid the floodwaters, one by one and carried them to safe areas. While some citizens were taken to their homes, others were taken by boat to the tea house in the neighborhood. Those moments, experienced amid the flood and recorded by cell phone cameras, revealed the scale of the flood.