Akyazı is a town and district of
Sakarya Province
Sakarya ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey, located on the coast of Black Sea. The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Marmara Region. The adjacent provinces are Kocaeli to the west, Bilecik to the sou ...
in the
Marmara region of
Turkey
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. The mayor is Bilal Soykan (
AK PARTI).
Electrocution incident
On 23 June 2017, five people died of
electrocution
Electrocution is death or severe injury caused by electric shock from electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death.
The term "electrocution" was coin ...
after a swimming pool at a water park in Akyazı became electrified. Three children aged 12, 15 and 17 were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30, dived in to save them but were also seriously injured. The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.
Notable people
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Sofuoğlu family, three champion motorcycle racers
References
External links
Akyazı HaberSakarya Haber
Populated places in Sakarya Province
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