We carried out the first of the regional studies of the National Workshop on Drowning and Rip Current (2019) held on the national level in Istanbul on 29-30 April 2019 in Sinop on June 17, 2109. Black Sea Region and a large number of local government representatives from Sinop attended the workshop, organized in cooperation with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Yıldız Technical University and Bezmialem Vakıf University.

Prof. Dr. Şükrü Ersoy "What is the Pulling Current", Dr. Lecturer Cihan Şahin "Determination of Draw Current Zones", Assoc. Dr. Mehmet Öztürk "The Effect of Current Hydrodynamics in Open Channels on Drowning Events: The Bosphorus and Irrigation Channels", AKUT Chairman of the Board Recep Şalcı "AKUT and Drowning Cases in the Black Sea", Sinop AFAD Director Ümit Ünal "Studies Concerning the Pulling Current in Sinop Province" Police Chief Alper Tuğbay "The Studies of the General Directorate of Security in Drowning and Pulling Currents", Dr. Lecturer Mehmet Memberüklü, "The Pathophysiology of Drowning in Water", Assoc. Dr. Bülent Şam "Forensic Approach in Drowning Cases", Nurettin Ünal from IMM Fire Department "Underwater and Above Water Search and Rescue Studies", Colonel Mehmet Tunçsu of the Coast Guard Command "Drowning in the Water and the Coast Guard Command in Activities", Bartın AFAD Director Nurhan Doğruöz "Bartın Lifeguard Creating the Infrastructure" they made presentations under their headlines. The proceedings book of the workshop held at Sinop University Ahmet Muhip Dranas Application Hotel will be published after the second of the local studies, the Hatay study.