Young man sets off swimming from Bodrum toward the Greek islands, stopped after dangerous attempt

An irregular migrant attempted to reach the Greek islands in an unusual way, but was discovered and stopped by the Turkish authorities.

According to a report from Turkey, the incident took place off the coast of Bodrum, in Mugla, where an irregular migrant was trying to reach the Greek islands by swimming, without using any kind of vessel.

After receiving a report from local residents, teams from the Turkish Coast Guard Command immediately headed to the area and launched a search-and-rescue operation in open waters.

During the carefully conducted intervention by a Coast Guard vessel, the irregular migrant was found in the middle of the sea as he was trying to cross into Greek waters.

The young man, who had undertaken an extremely dangerous and potentially fatal attempt to cross international waters by swimming alone, was rescued, brought ashore and then handed over to the relevant authorities for the necessary medical checks and legal procedures.