Eight confirmed dead and 20 missing after ferry capsizes off Kyrenia
Turkish Cypriot labour minister Oguzhan Hasipoglu named eight dead and 20 missing after a ferry capsized off Kyrenia.
Kyrenia, Cyprus. Eight people have been confirmed dead and 20 remain missing after a ferry capsized off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot labour minister Oguzhan Hasipoglu announced on Monday afternoon.
The ferry was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members when it capsized shortly after departing the new port of Kyrenia at about 12.10pm, bound for the Turkish port of Tasucu.
Confirmed deaths
All eight people confirmed dead were Turkish nationals: Nihat Balyemez, Huseyin Ozdemir, Nuray Zeytun, Fahri Ates, Gulcan Gurel, Reyhan Verim, Nisa Torer and Nurcan Hilaloglu.
Missing passengers
Two of the 20 people still missing are Cypriots: Suleyman Erdogan and Ismail Kurt.
The remaining 18 missing people are Turkish nationals: Ferdi Torer, Mustafa Demir, Mahmut Demir, Ozgur Gonul, Anni Azel Hilaloglu, Serif Ozdemir, Saliha Miray Bicer, Mehmet Asaf Bicer, Orhan Bekret, Nazmiye Ozbolat, Elmas Demir, Yulia Ozcan, Ayhan Ozcan, Elife Bayir, Nihat Pancar, Mustafa Kemal Yarali, Mehmet Bayhan and Mehmet Nur Ayran.
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