Bulgarian campervan missing in Turkey, search underway

On the evening of April 29, a parked caravan caught fire on the grounds of a hotel in the İzmit district of Kocaeli. The flames quickly engulfed the vehicle; firefighters extinguished the blaze, but the caravan was completely destroyed. No injuries were reported. The cause is under investigation.

A new caravan parking area in Bursa has drawn complaints from local residents. According to columnist Ahmet Emin Yılmaz, caravans occupy parking spaces, obstruct traffic, and inconvenience visitors to Mihraplı Park. Authorities have not yet proposed a solution.

Sürmene Mayor Hüseyin Azizoğlu announced a caravan park with 25 pitches on the south side of a TV series filming location. The project includes 16 car parking spaces and 2,317 sq m of landscaping. The tender is scheduled for 2025.

Murat Yıldız, 47, from Akçadağ district in Malatya, couldn't rent an apartment and converted his agricultural vehicle into a caravan. He has been living in it for three weeks, earning a living through day labor.

A fire broke out in a parked caravan in the Fatih neighborhood of Mezitli. The cause of the blaze, which occurred on the afternoon of April 20, 2026, is under investigation. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to an adjacent house, but the caravan was completely destroyed.

Almería is putting up physical barriers to keep motorhomers off its former fairground — while Turkey simply evicts them from the beach. Lightship is quadrupling its electric-caravan factory in Colorado, even as 50% of Italian motorhome renters turn out to be under 35. Plus 800 kg of hashish in a motorhome at the Spanish border, Anker's 800 W charger running off the alternator, and Carstay as the mobile HQ of a Tokyo festival — all in this issue.