Gokova village chief Eyup Tozn said that residents have learned to use sign language to communicate and that there are almost no healthy people in the village.
This problem became so widespread that sign language became the standard language. Gokova, a village boasting turquoise waters and majestic mountains, was so remote that newcomers rarely arrived.
Sati Tozun, a villager, shared that she has four disabled children and three grandchildren who are deaf and mute. Her sister-in-law also has a disabled child and described the village as "full of disabled people."
The cause of this phenomenon remains undetermined. Some suggest that the high rate of deafness may be due to inbreeding in the area, where few outsiders are present. Others suspect that water pollution over generations is detrimental to health. Metals such as iron and arsenic, and chemical pollution from industrial waste, have long been linked to deafness.
Village chief Tozn leaned more toward the hypothesis of polluted water sources than consanguineous marriage. Another villager, Rahmi Cizin, also noted that the villagers lacked access to clean water and had very high disability rates, all requiring care.
Gokova's case has similarities to Dhadkaie, a remote village in Kashmir (India) believed to have the highest rate of congenital deafness in the world , with approximately 2,800 residents.
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