Archive · 7 Sep 2025
Migrant Boat Hits Coast Guard Vessel, Five Dead in Turkey
A boat carrying a group of people trying to migrate crashed into a boat used by the Turkish coast guard.
This happened off the coast of Turkey.
Sadly, five people died because of the crash, and one person was seriously hurt.
There were a total of 34 migrants and one person who was helping to smuggle them on the boat that crashed.
The coast guard is now looking for one more person who is missing.
The exact reason for the crash is not mentioned in the reports.
A migrant boat collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel.
The incident occurred off the coast of Ayvalik, Turkey.
Five people died in the collision.
One person was severely wounded in the incident.
A search operation is underway for one missing person.
- Who
- Migrants and a migrant trafficker
- What
- A boat carrying migrants hit a Turkish coast guard vessel
- When
- Sunday
- Where
- Off the coast of northwest Turkey, near Ayvalik district
- Why
- Unspecified
- Casualties
- Five killed, one severely wounded
- Location
- Off Ayvalik district's Badavut coast, Turkey
- Vessels Involved
- Migrant boat, Turkish coast guard vessel
- Migrants on Board
- 34
- Missing Persons
- 1