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Child drownings in ponds, rivers and irrigation canals increase every spring. Experts point out the lack of guardrails around canals.

Having moved from Urfa to Çorum as seasonal agricultural workers, Kubacık family’s 13-year-old son Ali Kubacık has been found dead in a puddle during the search and rescue operations that started after the family had reported him missing.

The father and elder sister of the child jumped in the water to rescue 12-year-old M.D. and called an ambulance after getting out of the water. The deceased body of the child was found in the water following the search and rescue efforts.

Children have lost their lives by drowning or have been rescued while they were about to drown in sea or ponds in different provinces of Turkey.

Grazing cattle in a village in Afyon, two siblings at the ages of 21 and 10 have lost their lives by drowning in an irrigation pond where they went in to cool off.

At least nine children have been drowned in canals and ponds across Turkey since late April.