The body of the captain of the freight vessel Tughberk Imamoglu, which sank off the coast of Istanbul’s Silivri district in the Sea of Marmara on September 2, has been recovered.
Sea-news.az reports that a body was spotted in the water off the Silivri coastline at 13:15 local time yesterday and subsequently transported to the Silivri port by emergency response teams. Following forensic examinations and identity verification procedures, the remains were confirmed to belong to Yasar Kayhan, captain of the Tughberk Imamoglu.
As a reminder, the maritime disaster occurred on September 2 when two freight vessels, the Alsu and the Tughberk Imamoglu, collided in the waters off Istanbul’s Silivri coast, resulting in the sinking of the Tughberk Imamoglu.
