Family share painful news on Turkish professor Orhan Ekren

The body of 48-year-old Turkish academic Orhan Ekren, who went missing in late November, was found in Regent’s Canal in London, his family said last Thursday.

In a statement to Anadolu Agency his wife Banu Ekren said that his body was found near to where the last signal was received on a mobile app used by the family to track each other’s locations.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement when the body had been found “Police were called at approximately 10am on Sunday, December 15 to reports of a body of a man found in Regent’s Canal in Chalk Farm.

“Enquiries to establish the identity of the man are ongoing.

“At this early stage the incident is not being treated as suspicious.”

Banu an autopsy is underway and the funeral would be held in the Aegean city Izmir in Türkiye after they receive the body.

Orhan Ekren, who resided in Milton Keynes and was of Turkish heritage, was spotted near Camden Market close to Camden Lock on Nov. 26.