A rock collapse in Cappadocia on October 29 killed three individuals: Fatih Erai Tuna, a 31-year-old journalist; his wife Begum Cetinkaya Tuna, an accountant; and French tourist Cynthia Francine Marie Madeleine Uper.
The couple had married in July and were vacationing in the region when the incident occurred. Five others were injured — three French tourists and two Turkish citizens — and are currently hospitalized.
Heavy rainfall has been suggested as a potential cause of the collapse, which happened while search and rescue operations were still underway at the scene.
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci confirmed that the death toll had risen to three and that five more individuals had been rescued but injured. He extended condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery for all those wounded.
