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Search underway for two missing hikers in Turkey

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13:382/12/2019, Monday
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Turkish hikers Mert Alpaslan and Efe Sarp
Turkish hikers Mert Alpaslan and Efe Sarp

Mert Alpaslan, Efe Sarp went missing on Sunday evening due to heavy fog in Mt. Uludag

Search and rescue operations started Monday for two people who went missing near Turkey’s famous Mt. Uludag peak, according to a local authority.

Rescue workers continue the intense search in Uludag and Alacam regions which are fully covered with snow, the governor's office in northwestern Bursa province said in a statement.

Mert Alpaslan and Efe Sarp went missing on Sunday evening due to heavy fog.

Families of the missing hikers called the gendarmerie when they could not reach their sons.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar

#Alacam
#Bursa
#Search and rescue
#Uludag
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