The funerals of four members of the same family who drowned in the sea in Tarsus district of Mersin while trying to cool off have been held.

Zehra Öztürk (39), her husband Savaş Öztürk (42), her sister Ceylan Dağaşan (30), and their nephew Halil Öztürk (16), whose lifeless body was recovered in the morning, died after entering the sea yesterday in Kulak Neighborhood. The Öztürk couple's daughter, Fatma Öztürk (16), who was in danger of drowning, had been hospitalized.

The bodies of the four deceased individuals were taken to Tarsus City Cemetery after procedures at the morgue. Family members, AK Party Mersin Deputy Hasan Ufuk Çakır, Tarsus District Governor Mehmet Ali Akyüz, District Police Chief Berat Günçiçek, District Gendarmerie Commander Major Mehmet Güler, AK Party Tarsus District Head Fevzi İnan, and many citizens attended the funeral prayer held there.

After the prayer led by Tarsus Mufti Murat Akçay, the bodies were interred in Sucular City Cemetery.

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