According to the website of the Turkish newspaper Hurryet, the Italian volleyball player
Julia Ituma, found dead in Istanbul after falling from a hotel window
, would have committed suicide.
"It was learned that Julia Ituma committed suicide by jumping from a room on the sixth floor of the hotel," writes the site, noting that "while the investigation into the incident is ongoing, the camera recordings revealed" that the eighteen-year-old girl " she committed suicide in the night".
Ituma who shared her room with her, "Julia Varela, didn't hear anything because she was sleeping and was woken up by the police."
The body was found around 5.30 in front of the hotel.
In a video, Julia is seen on the phone, then sat for a long time in the corridor on the floor.
The Istanbul police have impounded Julia's mobile phone and will examine its contents to try to understand what happened before the tragedy.
ANSA learns it.
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In one video Julia Ituma on the phone, then sitting for a long time in the corridor - Chronicle
Hotel cameras film the volleyball player before the tragedy (ANSA)
The girl's body is now at the Institute of Forensic Medicine to determine the exact cause of death while, Hurryet reports, specifying that large-scale police investigations are underway.
After yesterday's match against Eczacibasi Istanbul, lost 3-0, the Italian team returned to the hotel next to the Burhan Felek Sports Hall.
According to the police Ituma entered her room after "wandering around the corridor between 10.30 and 10.50 pm", adds the Turkish media.
She will be remembered with a minute of silence on all volleyball courts
.
Julia Ituma, the prowess on the field of the Italian volleyball player
The Farnesina announced that
the consulate general in Istanbul and the closely linked embassy in Ankara are following
Ituma's case with the utmost attention.
The consulate immediately took action with the family members to whom it is providing maximum assistance while constant communication is ensured with the team and its sports director, as well as with the Italian volleyball federation and local authorities.
Volleyball player from Novara's Igor Gorgonzola, the girl was in Turkey with her teammates where she had played in the return of the quarter-finals in the Champions League.
Ituma, who played in the opposite role, took to the field last night in Novara's 3-0 loss against Eczacibasi Istanbul.
The young woman was in her first season with the Novara team after leaving Club Italia.
She was born in Milan to Nigerian parents.
In her palmares she boasted several titles with the blue youth team, including the under 20 world gold in 2021, and the European one with the under 19 in 2022 and gold again at the youth Olympics.
"Igor Volley communicates the untimely death of the Italian volleyball player Julia Ituma with deep pain and emotion. The tragedy would have occurred in the early hours of the day and the dynamics of the incident are being investigated by the Turkish police".
So Julia Ituma's volleyball club reconstructs what happened in a note.
The club "wishes to express its condolences and sympathy for Julia's family and loved ones.
The club and all its members, saddened by the loss, will keep a respectful silence on the matter
".
The mourning photo of Igor Volley appeared, without other comments, in the Instagram stories of Paola Egonu, the blue volleyball player, who currently plays in Turkey.
Even the president of the Volleyball Federation, Giuseppe Manfredi expressed his condolences.
"We are all dismayed by this tragedy that affects not only the volleyball world, but all of Italian sport. Today we mourn the loss, not only of a great talent, but above all of a wonderful 18-year-old girl who we have seen growing up close in the Club Italy, season after season. My first thought goes to Julia's family, to whom I send my deepest condolences and guarantee that the Italian Volleyball Federation will provide maximum support - continues Manfredi - We are in constant contact with the Igor Gorgonzola Novara club and with the president of the Turkish Federation to give all possible support.Right now I think any other words are useless,
