List of all shark attacks in turkey
Fatal Attacks
3
Unprovoked Attacks
4
Total Attacks
12
There have been a total of 12 shark attacks in TURKEY. Out of those, 3 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 25.00%. 4 attacks came out of the blue while 8 have been provoked by humans.
Provoked
Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Stefano | Fishing boat | FATAL | YES | male x 2 | |||
| Istanbul | Invalid | Swimming | No injury, no attack | NO | male | ||
| Bakurköy, Istanbul | Fishing | No injury to occupants, shark crushed boat | NO | Fishing boat. occupants: Laz Hüseyin, Ali Osman & Tursun | |||
| Constantinople | White shark | Fishing | Boat damaged | NO | Fishing boat. Occupants: Yunus Potur & Ali Durmaz | ||
| Kucukada Island | 04-07-1967 | 13h40 | Spearfishing | FATAL | YES | 36yo Gungor Guven | |
| Ucagiz | 29-08-1962 | No injury | NO | Occupant: Hasan Olta | |||
| İnciralti Beach, İzmir | 15-07-1961 | Swimming | Left leg injured | NO | 16yo İbrahim Karagöz | ||
| Off Mezitli | 25-06-1959 | Leg injured | NO | Yitzhak Steinberg | |||
| 16-07-1938 | Fishing | Injured by harpooned shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Ahmed | |||
| Haydarpasa jetty, Istanbul | 07-02-1934 | Fishing | No injury | NO | 2 males |
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