The Council of the Greater Turkish Municipality of Gaziantep, during its July meeting, approved the decision to launch the twinning path between the city and the Palestinian city of Gaza.

According to this decision, Mayor Fatih Şahin was granted a mandate to sign the sister cities protocol between Gaziantep and Gaza City of the State of Palestine, and to follow all the official procedures necessary to complete this twinning.

Shahin, whose opinion was stated in The municipality’s statement said that Gaza is going through difficult days, stressing that this decision reflects the will of solidarity and brotherhood towards its people.

Maqbula Topal and her son Mehmet were killed after the car the mother was driving went out of control and overturned inside a drainage canal in the Ozler neighborhood of the central Yorekir district of Adana state.

Following a report from the people of the area, the gendarmerie, firefighting and ambulance teams of the 112 Emergency Health Services immediately moved to the site of the accident.

The fire brigades were able to extract Maqboula and her son Mehmet, along with her husband, Dursun Topal, and their daughter, who was not born. Her name is still known from inside the sunken car in the canal, and first aid was provided to them at the scene of the accident.

A person was killed after he was stuck inside a cave in the Turkish state of Çorum.

His body could not be recovered in the first attempt due to the heavy concentration of methane gas inside the cave, which required special procedures from rescue teams to complete the recovery process safely.

Investigations are continuing to determine the exact circumstances that led to the tragic accident.