Lifeless body of young man who went missing at sea in Kocaeli found
Sad news has arrived regarding 24-year-old Muharrem Elitaş, who went missing after entering the sea in the Kandıra district of Kocaeli, where swimming had been banned due to adverse weather conditions. Teams have recovered the young man's lifeless body.
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The body of a person who went missing at sea in the Kandıra district of Kocaeli has been found.
Search efforts were conducted to find 24-year-old Muharrem Elitaş, who disappeared after entering the sea with a friend in the Seyrek neighborhood area two days ago, with the participation of Kocaeli Water Accident Prevention Center (KOSKEM) lifeguards, the gendarmerie, marine police, and Coast Guard Command boats and helicopters.
Coast Guard teams reached Elitaş's lifeless body.
The body was removed from the water and taken to the Kandıra State Hospital morgue.
Elitaş, who had entered the water with his friend on June 15 in the Palamar area of the Seyrek neighborhood—where swimming was banned by the Kandıra District Governorate due to windy weather—disappeared from sight after a while, while his friend was rescued with the help of bystanders and taken to Kandıra State Hospital.
A search operation had been launched to find Elitaş.