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Society | September 11, 2009, Friday // 10:38
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Flood covered a main highway connection road in Istanbul, Turkey, 09 September 2009. West of Turkey was under effect of heavy rain storms and flood. Photo by EPA/BGNES
The Bulgarian national, who was killed in the flash floods triggered by torrential rains in northwestern Turkey, has been identified as Farih Halil.
The 42-year-old man frequently visited Istanbul as he was looking for a job. According to reports he was traveling with a truck towards the souther parts of the country, but were caught in a traffic jam when the gushing water hit the the cabin and the driver died.
The flash floods killed at least 31 people on Tuesday and Wednesday in Istanbul and in neighboring Tekirdag province.
Late Wednesday night, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a news conference at Istanbul's Disaster Management Center, called the floods the "disaster of the century."
He blamed the high death toll on record rainfall and on developers, who have constructed buildings in vulnerable riverbeds and flood plains.
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