Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father, Yahya Usta, died after a hotel fire on Friday, March 28. They were 24 and 57, respectively. "I learned with deep sorrow that our national athlete Berkin Usta and his father,

A fire at a closed ski resort hotel in northwest Turkey has killed an Olympic skier and his father. Thursday's blaze took place two months after a blaze at another Turkish winter resort left 79 dead.

An Olympic skier and his father are dead after a fire broke out at a closed ski resort and hotel in Turkey. The victims have been identified as Yahya Usta, president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association, and his 25-year-old son Berkin Usta, a skier who represented Turkey at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.