Turkey's round-the-clock efforts to prevent accidents in Bosphorus Strait

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Turkey's round-the-clock efforts to prevent accidents in Bosphorus Strait

STORY: Turkey's round-the-clock efforts to prevent accidents in Bosphorus Strait DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: Istanbul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bosphorus, Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul 2. various of Rescue-7 tugboats sailing from the port to the strait 3. various of Bosphorus, ship carrying LPG in the Bosphorus 4. various of tanker ship Estrella moving towards the Bosphorus from the Black Sea 5. various of Cem Savrunlu, captain of Rescue-7 6. various of people working in ship traffic services center 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SUKRU HAKAN KAYA, Manager of Ship Traffic Services 8. various of people working in ship traffic services center 9. various of the chief operator of the Istanbul Ship Traffic Services 10. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BARIS GUL, Chief operator of Istanbul Ship Traffic Services 11. various of tanker ship Estrella moving towards the Bosphorus from the Black Sea 12. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): CEM SAVRUNLU, Captain of Rescue-7 13. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): CEM SAVRUNLU

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