T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISTS-LEISURE TIME

T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISTS-LEISURE TIME

(240618) -- ANTALYA, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 17, 2024 shows tourists enjoying leisure time at Adrasan Beach in Kumluca district of Antalya, Trkiye. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

At least 3 killed after Ukraine-bound cargo vessel sinks off Türkiye

STORY: At least 3 killed after Ukraine-bound cargo vessel sinks off Türkiye DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:47 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescuers and hospital (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) 2. various of the beach of Antalya STORYLINE: A Guinea-Bissau flagged Ukraine-bound commercial ship sank off Türkiye's Mediterranean coast on Wednesday, killing at least three people aboard. All of the 14 crew members on the "Joe 2" vessel that sank off Kumluca district of Antalya province were Syrian nationals, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The vessel was transporting aluminum from the Iskenderun port in Türkiye's southern Hatay province to the Port of Izmail in Ukraine. Five crew members have been saved by the Turkish Coast Guard Command which dispatched a vessel, several boats and two helicopters to the site, according to a statement from the command. Search and rescue work continues for the missing crew, but a heavy storm negatively affects the rescue efforts, A

Downpour triggers floods, landslides in Kumluca, S. Türkiye

STORY: Downpour triggers floods, landslides in Kumluca, S. Türkiye DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods of Antalya STORYLINE: A downpour heaviest in years caused severe floods and landslides in Türkiye's southern Kumluca district, destroying bridges and sweeping away cars, local authorities said Monday. The rain started on Sunday night and grew into a downpour after midnight, with power outages experienced from time to time in Kumluca as the rain kept lashing down. The primary and secondary schools have been suspended for one day in the Kumluca and Finike districts of Antalya. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV)