Turkey: 2 soldiers die searching for Anadolu reporter

By Hakan Burak Altunoz

BAYBURT, Turkey (AA) - Two Turkish soldiers were martyred during search and rescue efforts for an Anadolu Agency reporter who went missing after falling off a cliff in northeastern Turkey last week.

Ismail Ustaoglu, governor of Black Sea province of Trabzon, said the soldiers lost their lives while searching for Abdulkadir Nisanci, who slipped when a mass of snow he stepped on broke loose at Derebasi Curves area.

The curve is known as one of the most dangerous curves in the world.

Nisanci was covering road construction works on Mount Soganli, located between northeastern Bayburt and Trabzon provinces, at an altitude of 3,500 meters.