Defense Ministry says search and rescue operation continues off Girne
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- Turkey’s Defense Ministry said naval teams continue search and rescue operations after a passenger ship sank off Girne.
- Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Ünal Üstel and Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Ataoğlu visited the TCG Alemdar to follow the operation.
- Üstel said work to reach missing people was continuing without interruption, while plans to remove the wreck would become clearer the following day.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said search and rescue work continued after a passenger ship sank off Girne.
The ministry said naval forces were continuing the operation. Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Ünal Üstel and Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Ataoğlu visited the TCG Alemdar and followed the work at the scene.
The Turkish Naval Forces are continuing search and rescue operations regarding the passenger ship that sank off Girne. Prime Minister Ünal Üstel of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Ataoğlu also visited our TCG Alemdar ship and followed the work on site.
Üstel had earlier said efforts to reach people missing from the sunken ship were continuing without interruption. He added that plans to remove the wreck would become clearer the next day.
Work to remove the shipwreck will become clear tomorrow.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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