Mystery in Mersin: Man Finds His Father Dead on Construction-Site Stairs
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Fikret Turna, 55, was found unresponsive on the stairs of a mosque construction site in Tarsus, Mersin province, by his son.
- Police and medical teams attended the site and confirmed Turna’s death.
- Authorities sent the body for an autopsy and opened an investigation.
Fikret Turna, 55, was found dead on the stairs of a mosque under construction in Altaylılar district of Tarsus, Mersin province. His son, identified as D.T., discovered him after failing to reach him.
D.T. went to the construction site, where his father worked as a guard, at about 9:30 a.m. He found Turna lying motionless on the stairs and alerted the authorities.
Police and medical teams were dispatched to the site. After examining Turna, medical personnel determined that he had died.
Investigators inspected the scene before transferring Turna’s body to the morgue of the Forensic Medicine Institute for an autopsy. Authorities have launched an investigation into the death.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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