Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul offers flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them.

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunisa attend a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them.

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Melike Aykut, 81, shows a picture of her grandfather Mehmet Ali Huseyin, who was a noncommissioned officer aboard the Ottoman Empire warship Ertugrul Firkateyni that sank off Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 16, 1890, at her home in Istanbul on Jan. 28.

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunisa attend a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them. (Kyodo)

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

Turkish leader pays tribute to victims of sunken Turkish warship

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Turkish President Abdullah Gul offers flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 7 for the crew of a Turkish warship that sank in 1890 off the Wakayama town. The Ertugrul Firkateyni traveled to Japan for a reciprocal visit following a trip to Istanbul by Japanese Prince and Princess Komatsu in 1887. The warship was caught in a typhoon while returning home and sank off the coast of Kushimoto. Of about 650 people on board, only 69 survived and returned home after local residents rescued them. (Kyodo)

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

Work begins to retrieve effects from Turkish warship

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Melike Aykut, 81, shows a picture of her grandfather Mehmet Ali Huseyin, who was a noncommissioned officer aboard the Ottoman Empire warship Ertugrul Firkateyni that sank off Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 16, 1890, at her home in Istanbul on Jan. 28. (Kyodo)