Ferdi Zeyrek, mayor of Turkey’s western city of Manisa, passed away Monday (June 9) after being severely electrocuted in his home on June 5th. Zeyrek was 48 years old.

The electrical accident at Zeyrek’s home occurred Friday evening as the mayor was attempting to repair a broken pool motor. The severe electrical shock caused cardiac arrest for 70 minutes as the mayor was transported to a nearby hospital.

Zeyrek was then hospitalized in critical condition at Manisa’s Hafsa Sultan Hospital for three days before his Monday death. The hospital announced the mayor’s cause of death as ‘cardiac arrest’.

A ceremony commemorating Zeyrek was held Tuesday in front of Manisa’s municipal building.

In a statement Monday, Zeyrek’s daughter Nehir Zeyrek alleged that foul play may have played........

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