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Debris from what authorities identified as an unmanned aerial vehicle washed ashore on Türkiye's Black Sea coast in Ordu province on Tuesday, Feb. 10, with initial analysis suggesting the object is a Russian-made Geran-2 d
rone based on Iran's Shahed-136 kamikaze UAV design.
The incident occurred along the State Coastal Road in the Fevzi Cakmak neighborhood of Unye district.
Citizens spotted the fragmented object on the shore and reported it to the 112 Emergency Call Center.
Police units dispatched to the scene conducted an examination and confirmed the debris belonged to an unmanned aerial vehicle.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The finding follows a similar discovery on Feb. 5, when fishermen found an object believed to be a UAV in the sea off Karaburun in Istanbul's Arnavutkoy district.
According to initial analysis, the object discovered in Ordu is a Russian-made Geran-2, which is stripped of its warhead.
The Geran-2 is based on Iran's Shahed-136 model — a kamikaze drone that Russia has used extensively in its attacks on Ukrainian civilian and military infrastructure.
Russia has launched thousands of Shahed-type drones against Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The weapons, which Iran has supplied to Moscow, are regularly fired across the Black Sea toward Ukrainian targets.
Some drones that miss their targets or malfunction have previously been found in NATO member states, including Romania and Poland, raising concerns about the security implications of the ongoing conflict for neighboring countries.
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