DERSİM - University student Gülistan Doku has been missing in Turkey’s eastern province of Dersim since January 5, 2020.

The Governor's Office of Tunceli has announced that the search efforts for Gülistan Doku ongoing for 13 days have been ended.

A 21-year-old student of Munzur University in Dersim province, Gülistan Doku has been missing for 227 days since January 5, 2020.

With the water drained from the Uzunçayır Dam Lake, Gülistan Doku was being searched on the soil ground for 13 days.

The Governor's Office of Tunceli has released a statement about the recent search efforts for Gülistan Doku.

The statement of the office has noted that "in the works that continued for 13 days without interruptions, the area to be searched was divided into 15 sectors and an area of around 1,320 decares at a distance of 4 kilometres was meticulously searched both under and above the water."

"The works undertaken with the help of underwater search robots, sonar and underwater divers have been ended as of August 18, 2020," the statement has announced, briefly adding the following:

"In search efforts for Gülistan Doku, all facilities and capabilities have been used and the works that we have been continuing for 226 days, with the hope of finding her every day, have unfortunately remained inconclusive."

The statement has also indicated that the judicial process is still ongoing.

Gülistan Doku, a sophomore at Munzur University Department of Child Development, has been missing in Dersim since January 5, 2020.