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By: Moritz Bletzinger
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Also found on the beach in Alanya: Six bodies washed up on the coast of Antalya in just five days.
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Dead bodies drift onto the beach, six in just five days.
Concerns are growing in the Turkish holiday region of Antalya.
Antalya – Increased discoveries in Turkey: In just five days, six bodies washed up on a stretch of coast in the Antalya region.
Some of the bodies are said to be mutilated.
Within a radius of 73 kilometers: Five bodies found on holiday beaches in Turkey
On Sunday (January 21), staff at a five-star hotel in Aksu discovered the body of a young man.
The day before, the sea had released two more bodies, one in Manavgat and one in Serik.
The bodies of a child and an adult were found on the beaches of Alanya last week,
Daily Sabah
reported .
All the bodies were found on holiday beaches within a 73-kilometer radius, according to the
Hürriyet
newspaper .
Some of the bodies were so badly damaged that they could no longer be identified.
It therefore sometimes looked as if body parts had been severed.
Dead bodies on the coast: bodies found in Antalya still unclear
People in the region are increasingly worried.
Where do the dead come from?
The woman who washed ashore in Serik may be an 18-year-old who has been missing for about two weeks.
Her family traveled from Istanbul to have a DNA test done.
However, if there was a tragedy behind this death, similar to the case of two dead men in Mallorca, this would not explain the high number of bodies found, especially in such a short time.
Turkish authorities suspect connection to boat accident in the Mediterranean
The Coast Guard has suspicions.
A boat recently sank off the coast and it could be that the dead were refugees from Syria.
Human rights organizations describe the Mediterranean route as the deadliest refugee route in existence.
It leads directly along the southern Turkish coast.
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