25 August 2009 / TODAY'S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL
An English tourist who went missing two weeks ago in Muğla's Ölüdeniz district has not yet been located despite the efforts of search-and-rescue teams.
According to reports, John Joseph Kirkham, 68, has been missing since Aug. 10. Kirkham, who came to Turkey to vacation with his family in Ölüdeniz, left his hotel to walk in the village of Ovacık and has not been heard from since. Ölüdeniz gendarmerie teams have joined Likya search-and-rescue teams and villagers in an effort to find the man. Two teams of commandoes from the Muğla Provincial Gendarmerie Command have joined the search.Sandra Kirkham, the wife of the missing tourist, told the Anatolia news agency that her husband had taken his mobile phone with him while going out for a walk. She said she had spoken with gendarmerie officials and they told her that search efforts were continuing.
