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Turkish authorities announced on Thursday that casualties occurred due to a rock collapse at the entrance of the Goreme Open-Air Museum in the tourist region of Cappadocia, located in central Turkey. Initial reports indicate that medical teams and search and rescue units were dispatched immediately after the alert to the site, where intervention and emergency response operations commenced. Details regarding the number of fatalities and injured individuals have not yet been disclosed. The direct causes of the collapse of the famous rock formation remain unidentified. This incident follows a series of similar rockfalls in the area during 2024 and 2025, the most recent being a partial collapse of a fairy chimney that prompted security measures by gendarmerie teams around the site.
