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DAD DROWNS ON TURKEY HOLIDAY
Daily Record
|August 16, 2025
Shattered son pays tribute to his 'best friend and role model'
A SCOTS dad has drowned on a family holiday to Turkey.
John Nelson, 47, from Arbroath, was found motionless in the water off the coast of Turnuc, near Marmaris, on July 31.
He was on holiday with his son Josh and his girlfriend Sharon Stuart when the tragedy unfolded.
Sailors from other boats pulled him from the water but paramedics could not save him.
Paying tribute to his dad online, Josh said: "While we were away on a family holiday, my dad's life was tragically taken in an accident at sea.
This story is from the August 16, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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