"Beat & Release". Unhappy Valentine's Day as Lovers Argue, Jump into the Bosphorus - Both Died

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 17 February 2024)

            Lovers' view but you have to live to enjoy it. 

The day before yesterday in Sarıyer, Istanbul, Aleyna Sarıkaya (23) and

her boyfriend Ramazan Kaya (24) came to Emirgan pier on the Bosphorus

with two friends towards morning.  As the couple sat in their car an 

argument erupted, prompting Aleyna hanım to get out of the car and jump 

into the water (!). 

Seeing his girlfriend struggling in the sea, Ramazan bey jumped in too to

try to save her.  Neither one of them could get out of the water, though, so

their friends called for help and both the maritime police and the coast

guard sent units to retrieve Aleyna hanım and Ramazan bey from the water

but they were both unconscious.  Efforts to revive the two went for naught

and they both died at a hospital.