The Turkish cargo ship Kafkametler with
12 crew members on board sank in the Black Sea on November 19. A search and rescue operation is underway.
rescue operation is underway, and the body of a sailor has been found. This was reported by UNN with
with reference to Euronews.
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The captain of the Kafkametler,
flying the Turkish flag, said on Sunday morning that the ship was drifting towards the
breakwater near Ereğli in the northwestern Turkish province of Zonguldak.
Later,
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Erlikaya said that the ship with 12
crew members, which lost contact after leaving the port in the Karadeniz
Ereğli in Zonguldak, crashed into a breakwater and sank.
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Main
Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure reported
that the search and rescue operation is ongoing, and the body of a sailor of the
of the Kafkametler ship, and the search for 11 people from the cargo ship continues.