Turkish authorities have launched a search for a missing 79-year-old British national who set off by boat to visit the ancient tombs of Kaunos in Turkey on July 26 and has not been heard from since.
The elderly man was reported missing by his daughter - also a British citizen - who alerted the Köyceğiz District Gendarmerie Command of her father's disappearance, according to local media.
As per the daughter's report, the two had travelled to Çandır, a village in Muğla's Köyceğiz district in southwestern Turkey, for a holiday together.
At 10:30 am, her father began a trip by rowboat to the nearby rock-cut temple tombs of Kaunos, also known as the Lycian rock tombs, but she lost contact with him and has not heard from his since.
Following his daughter's report, Turkish authorities have launched a search for the man with a 19-person team, consisting of the Köyceğiz Gendarmerie District Command, Muğla AFAD and an NGO.
