ANKARA (Reuters) - Eight bodies washed ashore in southern Turkey in the past six days and most of them may be from a lost migrant ship sailing toward Cyprus from the Lebanese-Syrian coast, according to broadcaster Haberturk and the local governor's office.
Two other bodies were found at a hotel beach in the Serik region on Monday, it said, bringing the total to eight.
In a statement on Sunday, prior to the discovery of the last two bodies, the Antalya governor's office said one of the bodies belonged to a Turkish national who had previously gone missing, pending forensics.
The other five bodies could be from the ship heading towards Cyprus, it said, adding that meteorological records over the past week indicated the ship may have sunk with the bodies washing north toward Turkey due to prevailing winds and waves.
"It has been identified that the production location of the shoes and clothes of the other five bodies are Syria."
Persons:
Haberturk, Jonathan Spicer, Alex Richardson
Organizations:
Turkish, Lebanese Embassy, Lebanese
Locations:
ANKARA, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanese, Syrian, Antalya, Alanya, Serik, Ankara, Lebanon, Syria