{"id":491045,"date":"2026-02-26T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491045\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T06:18:08","slug":"turkey-soccer-player-gani-catan-uses-cpr-to-revive-seagull-struck-by-ball-during-playoff-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491045\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey soccer player Gani Catan uses CPR to revive seagull struck by ball during playoff match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A soccer player\u2019s quick thinking brought a seagull back to life after the bird was struck by the ball during a match in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the first half of the Istanbul First Amateur League playoff final between Mevlanakapi Guzelhisar and Istanbul Yurdum Spor in Zeytinburnu.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Yurdum Spor goalkeeper Muhammet Uyanik cleared the ball up the pitch and it struck a seagull, sending it plummeting to the turf.<\/p>\n<p>Team captain Gani Catan rushed over and seeing that the bird was unresponsive, he began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and chest compressions in an attempt to revive it.<\/p>\n<p>The seagull responded and showed movement before Catan cradled it and rushed to the touchline to hand it over to medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur captain Gani Catan brought the seagull back to life thanks to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) he performed on the field,\u201d the club said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Although Istanbul Yurdum Spor lost the game, Catan had no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe missed out on the championship, but helping save a life is a good thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38607844\" width=\"332\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https-www-instagram-com-p-122224127_c2002a.jpg\" alt=\"Istanbul Yurdum Spor captain Gani Catan began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and chest compressions in an attempt to revive the seagull that was struck with a soccer ball. \" class=\"wp-image-38607844\"  \/>Istanbul Yurdum Spor captain Gani Catan began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and chest compressions in an attempt to revive the seagull that was struck with a soccer ball.  \u00bfstanbul Yurdum Spor Kul\u00fcb\u00fc<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38607771\" width=\"332\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https-www-instagram-com-p-122224126.jpg\" alt=\"The incident occurred in the first half of the Istanbul First Amateur League playoff final between Mevlanakapi Guzelhisar and Istanbul Yurdum Spor.\" class=\"wp-image-38607771\"  \/>The incident occurred in the first half of the Istanbul First Amateur League playoff final between Mevlanakapi Guzelhisar and Istanbul Yurdum Spor. \u00bfstanbul Yurdum Spor Kul\u00fcb\u00fc<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was more important than the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A soccer player\u2019s quick thinking brought a seagull back to life after the bird was struck by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3755,7223,403,99,12807],"class_list":{"0":"post-491045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-animal-rescue","9":"tag-birds","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-turkey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}