Drone debris found in Turkish province of Düzce and Istanbul

On August 15, 2026, authorities in the Turkish province of Düzce on the country's Black Sea coast recorded the fall of a suspicious object in a hazelnut grove in the village of Yeşilköy. The regional governor's press office reported that security forces responded quickly to the scene. A preliminary inspection indicates that the object is an unmanned aerial vehicle of unknown origin. Further investigation of the incident is ongoing.

Almost simultaneously, the IHA agency reported the discovery of drone debris of unknown origin on the coast in the Istanbul district of Arnavutköy. Gendarmerie and coast guard personnel who arrived at the scene seized fragments of the structure and transferred them to a specialized center to determine the drone's origin.

The incidents occur amid an increasing number of cases of drone debris being found in Turkey's Black Sea provinces. Earlier, fragments of unmanned aerial vehicles were discovered in several regions, including some containing explosives. In Artvin province, an unmanned vessel was found 500 meters from the shore and was subsequently destroyed by sappers.