Sinop: Missing police officer found dead after boat capsizes

The body of police officer Numan Şen has been recovered following a fishing boat capsizing off the coast of Lala village in Sinop. Şen had been missing for two days after the incident.

Search and rescue operations involved divers from the Ankara and Samsun Police Departments, alongside support from the Coast Guard, Gendarmerie, and AFAD. Using sonar equipment, divers located Şen’s body at a depth of 7 meters, approximately 500 meters from the shore.

A second police officer, Orhan Gazi Yetiş, who was on the same vessel, had already been found deceased on the day of the accident. Following the recovery, Şen’s body was transported to the Forensic Medicine Institute for an autopsy.