27.01.2025 20:32
Three Turkish citizens who went to Israel some time ago to collect their receivables have not been heard from for 17 days. The families of those who last shared their location from the Lebanon-Israel border are anxiously waiting for news.
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Three Turks trying to cross illegally from Lebanon to Israel have not been heard from for 17 days. The families of the missing individuals, who last shared their location from the Lebanon-Israel border, are waiting for hopeful news.
NO NEWS FROM 3 PEOPLE FOR 17 DAYS Hüseyin Kaya (53), a married construction worker and father of three living in Kaman district of Kırşehir, along with his workmates Çınar Alp Baydenk and Sezer Özdemir, went to the country to collect their debts from their work in Israel some time ago. The three friends traveled from Istanbul to Lebanon on January 9. Since January 11, there has been no news from the three individuals trying to cross illegally into Israel from the Lebanon border for 17 days.
"WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM FOR 17 DAYS" Rıza Kaya, the nephew of the missing Hüseyin Kaya, said, "We haven't heard from them for 17 days. They are trying to go from Lebanon to Israel. They are trying to cross the border to the Israeli side on their own, and we haven't heard from them for 17 days. They set off on Saturday. After they set off, their location information was cut off around 21:30. The fourth person couldn't go because he had an accident while trying to go. They are in contact with that person. Çınar Alp is there, and his location remains fixed for 8 hours. Were they bombed, or were they followed and caught? We have no definite information on this. They have been missing for 17 days. They had taken a job from a company. They worked there. They had significant debts. They are also being complained about. They are being deported and sent back to Turkey. This happened 7 months ago. They took this dangerous route because they couldn't collect their debts. We went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We explained our situation. We are in contact with the consulates. We can't get any news. They are currently missing from the Lebanon border. There was no situation of crossing into Israel illegally. They were just walking at the border, and at that moment, a drone captured images at 18:00. Contact was lost at 21:30. Are we just comforting ourselves by thinking that they were followed and taken by Israeli security forces?" he said.
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