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He Sacrificed His Life to Save His Daughter Tusem.

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The heartbreaking stories left behind by those who died in the accident are deeply moving as their funerals are held. Healthcare worker Gülcan Gürel gave her daughter her life jacket, but she herself could not be saved. This happened after the passenger ship, which set sail from Girne Port to Taşucu Port in Mersin, capsized and sank...

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The heartbreaking stories left behind by those who died in the accident are deeply moving as their funerals are held. Healthcare worker Gülcan Gürel gave her daughter her life jacket, but she herself could not be saved. This happened after the passenger ship, which set sail from Girne Port to Taşucu Port in Mersin, capsized and sank...

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The ship accident off the coast of Girne, in which 8 people lost their lives, leaves behind stories. Gülcan Gürel, who risked her own life to save her daughter, was sent on her final journey.

It has emerged that Gülcan Gürel, who lost her life in the passenger ship capsizing off the coast of Northern Cyprus, gave the only life jacket she was given to her 9-year-old daughter. Gürel was laid to rest in Mersin amidst tears, while the funeral of another victim of the tragedy, gendarmerie sergeant Fahri Ateş, was also held in his hometown of Mersin. It was learned that Ateş, realizing the ship was sinking, took his wife and 4-year-old son…

Gendarmerie Sergeant Fahri Ateş, who lost his life in the passenger ship sinking off the coast of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, was laid to rest in Mersin. The lamentations of his wife, who survived the accident, as she clung to the coffin, broke the hearts of those attending the ceremony.

Gülcan Gürel, who saved her daughter's life by putting her life jacket on her during the ship disaster, was laid to rest in Mersin, Türkiye.

A colleague of Gülcan Gürel, who lost her life in the ferry accident off the coast of Northern Cyprus, said that Gürel gave her daughter the life jacket she was given to save herself, and that there may have been negligence in the tragedy. Gürel was laid to rest in Mersin.

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yasamgazetesi.com.tr broke the news on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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