Fethiye Deputy District Governor Halil İbrahim Çomaktekin reported that the meteorite fell in the Türbe neighborhood of Yaka Village after a making a thunderous noise. “The muhtar [head] of the village called and informed us, saying that the meteorite was black. He is going to bring it to the city center for analysis. We’ll have it analyzed by the MTA,” Çomaktekin added.A resident of Yaka said he heard a loud roaring noise at around 11:20 a.m. on the day the meteorite fell, sounding as if “a plane had crashed.”
“We were amazed to find such a small stone after that thunderous sound. It was black and about 40 centimeters in diameter, weighing three kilograms at most,” another said, adding that the meteorite opened a small crater in the ground and created a cloud of dust.
Residents of some neighboring villages rushed over immediately after hearing the sound, and eventually the black meteorite was found in Hacıekiz’s field.
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