Search Of The Week

So often you hear of searches carried out by the authorities and volunteers that either end in failure or make a gruesome discovery. At least a search for Beyhan Mutlu, who lives in the Inegől district of Turkey’s north-western province of Bursa ended happily, if a tad embarrassingly.

Beyhan had been out drinking with some friends and, as you do, wandered off into a forest. As he did not return home, his wife alerted the local authorities who sent out a search party.

Showing considerable public spirit, Beyhan came across the search party and decided to join them. It was only when some of the searchers started to call out his name that he realised that it was him that they were looking for. Sheepishly, he replied, “I am here”.

He was taken aside by one of the rescuers to make a statement before being driven home. All’s well that ends well, as the Bard once wrote.