Funeral held for two more washed up bodies

A funeral was held on Wednesday for two more unidentified bodies which have washed up in the north.

The funeral was held in Ayios Amvrosios.

Speaking after the funeral, Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios mayor Ceyhun Kirok said they buried two bodies there.

He added: “We are leaving these markings here in case someone one day searches for the whereabouts of these missing persons.”

Authorities have recently come under fire for not calling the relatives of one of the bodies, after it was identified as a 63-year-old Turkish man, Hasan Colgecen.

His son Saban Colgecen told newspaper Ozgur Gazete no one had informed him from the north’s authorities, adding that he went himself to police in the north to find out.

Wednesday was also the second round of funerals for bodies which have washed up in the north since the start of the year.

In January, a ceremony was held for four bodies which had washed up on the coast of Karpasia.