Turkey detects "mine-like object" off Istanbul coast

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Turkey detects "mine-like object" off Istanbul coast

STORY: Turkey detects "mine-like object" off Istanbul coast DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:00 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. mine-like object drifting on the water surface in Istanbul, Turkey 2. various of Turkish defense ministry Twitter account 3. coast guard boats and military ships taking security measures in the area where the mine-like object is located 4. various of the northern part of the Bosphorus facing the Black Sea, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey STORYLINE: Turkey's Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that a "mine-like object" was detected in the waters of Bosphorus Strait, which connects the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea. Underwater defense teams were soon sent to secure and deactivate the object after it was spotted by a civilian merchant ship, the ministry said in a tweet. The object was found at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus Strait, off the coast of Sariyer district in northern Istanbul, according to the Milliyet daily,

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