Mystery as Brit tourist goes missing on rowing boat after setting off to visit ancient Turkish tombs
The elderly man was reported missing by his daughter - also a British citizen - who alerted the Köyceğiz District Gendarmerie Command of her father's disappearance, according to local media.
As per the daughter's report, the two had travelled to Çandır, a village in Muğla's Köyceğiz district in southwestern Turkey, for a holiday together.
At 10:30 am, her father began a trip by rowboat to the nearby rock-cut temple tombs of Kaunos, also known as the Lycian rock tombs, but she lost contact with him and has not heard from his since.
Following his daughter's report, Turkish authorities have launched a search for the man with a 19-person team, consisting of the Köyceğiz Gendarmerie District Command, Muğla AFAD and an NGO.
Between Dalyan and Kaunos, there are more than 150 rock-cut tombs marking the resting place of the Lycian elite. Found on the banks of the Dalyan River, the burial sites date back to the 4th century BC and can be viewed from the water via boat trips.
The impressive ruins of the ancient trading city of Kaunos be found across the river from the cliffs, in modern-day Dalyan. The archeological site has many well-preserved structures, including a Hellenistic theatre, a Roman bath, and temples.
The rock-cut facades of the graves resemble the fronts of Hellenistic temples, complete with a pair of Ionian pillars, a triangular pediment, and an architrave with toothed friezes, according to the World Heritage Convention.
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