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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPeople sit in front of cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea awaiting to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13, 2022 [File: Khalil Hamra/AP]By AP and ReutersPublished On 2 Sep 20262 Sep 2026Turkiye’s coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation after two Turkish-flagged commercial vessels collided off Istanbul and contact was lost with one vessel and its crew of 10.
The collision took place at 3am (00:00 GMT) in the Marmara Sea a little more than 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Silivri, a suburb of Turkey’s largest city, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday.
Contact was lost with the crew of the Tugberk Imamoglu, flagged to Turkey, after the collision with the Turkish-flagged Alsu, which appeared undamaged, the governor’s office said.
“Numerous naval units from the coast guard’s Marmara and Bosphorus Command and a coast guard helicopter were dispatched to the scene,” the office said.
