Most people spend their later years planning holidays, tending gardens, or simply enjoying retirement, not digging their own graves. But in Safranbolu, northwestern Türkiye, one man has taken a markedly different approach after what he describes as a lifetime of close calls with death. Miraç Erol, 54, a father of two who previously worked in Istanbul, returned to his hometown in 2017 seeking a quieter pace of life. Instead, his story has evolved into a striking sequence of su