Military S-70 helicopter crashes in eastern Turkey, killing four

A Turkish military S-70 helicopter crashed in the eastern province of Malatya, killing four people. Armymedia.bg reported the incident on 13 November 2026. The report cites BTA as its source and relays information from Reuters, which cites Turkish broadcaster NTV.

Helicopter came down near Yeşilyurt, according to Turkish media

According to Turkish media cited by the website Türkiye Today and relayed by Armymedia.bg, the helicopter came down at around 18:45 local time in the Yeşilyurt area. These details are not presented as officially established. The report published on 13 November does not unambiguously specify the calendar date of the crash itself.

Armymedia.bg reports that firefighters, medical teams and representatives of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) were sent to the scene. A small fire broke out after the crash and was extinguished. Police officers and military personnel are examining the site.

Cause of the crash not given

The statement from Turkey’s Ministry of Defence does not give a cause for the crash, Armymedia.bg reports. The identities and affiliations of the four people killed remain unspecified, so it cannot be assumed that all were crew members.

The reported fire broke out after the helicopter came down and does not in itself explain the cause of the crash. Without established facts about the circumstances of the incident, there is no basis for linking it to a fault in a particular S-70 system.