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According to the information obtained, the Turkish-flagged ship ROSELINA-A, which was carrying humanitarian aid, left Istanbul for Libya. The ship was stopped last night by the German fritakeyni in the Peloponnese, in violation of international law, during Operation Irini, under the direction of a commander of the Greek Navy.
DOWNLOADED FROM HELICOPTER
According to the law of the sea, although it should be the consent of the ship’s flag state to release personnel to conduct searches on the ships, the personnel of the Hamburg frigate without the permission of Turkey landed on board the helicopter. The landing of the helicopter personnel on the ship and the movements of the Hamburg frigate around the ROSELINA-A ship were also recorded by the ship’s personnel on a mobile phone.
They couldn’t find anything but humanitarian aid
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düşürterek the speed of the ship, the soldiers blocking the way without permission from Turkey, asked to open all the containers on board they maintained that there was no breach of all legal warnings when it was done. After the search that lasted until the first light of the morning, the soldiers, who realized that there was nothing but humanitarian aid materials, food such as cookies and paint, abandoned the ship.
NOTE TO THE EU, ITALY AND GERMANY
Many reactions from Turkey during the day, while on the incident, the Foreign Ministry has made recent moves. Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal summoned the EU and Italian ambassadors and the German charge d’affaires for Foreign Affairs.
The statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the matter is as follows:
* The ambassador of the charge d’affaires of the EU, Italy and Germany in Ankara (since the ambassador is outside Ankara) was invited to our Ministry by our deputy minister, Ambassador Sedat Önal, and our merchant ship named ‘Roseline-A’ It was launched and inspected without the express permission of our country in the framework of Operation Eirene. Countries have been given a Note. In our note, it has been recorded that the incident is contrary to international law and that our rights to compensation are also preserved.
REACTION FROM VICE PRESIDENT OKTAY
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Vice President Fuat Oktay made the statement: “I strongly condemn the illegal intervention of a German frigate against our freighter in the framework of this controversial operation.”
TBMM PRESIDENT: MODERN EŞKIYALIK, BARBARLIK
The President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Şentop, said in a statement on Twitter that he strongly condemned the intervention carried out by the German frigate to the Turkish ship that was sailing to Libya for commercial purposes. Modern piracy, banditry and atrocities Şentop stressed that “Turkey is the account of this international injustice and the rudeness with the necessary initiative will promptly ask,” he said.
ILLEGAL
While following the correct course of the ship towards the port of Misrata, he learned of the intervention of international organizations on the subject of Turkey. Security sources, in their assessment of the issue, described the approach of the elements of the Irini movement without the consent of the flag State as an illegal act.
Claiming that the ship was exposed to rough sea conditions in the Mediterranean for hours due to the scandal, sources noted that the principle of freedom in the open sea was clearly violated due to the incident.
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DIFFICULT RESPONSE FROM WOMEN
Foreign Ministry spokesman Al Hami under the Turkish flagged commercial vessel Irini Operation without the consent of Turkey to submit to a written statement on the audit. Aksoy, Operation Irini, carried out by the EU; drew attention to the fact that it was an operation whose purpose and benefits are open for discussion and provided the following information:
* As part of this operation, the German warship named ‘Hamburg’ interrogated the Turkish-flagged merchant ship ‘MV Roseline A’, which was transporting paintings, paints and humanitarian aid materials from the port of Ambarlı to Misurata, in hours of the morning, in detail, yesterday (November 22). The captain cooperated and shared detailed information about the cargo and the ship’s journey. However, at 5:45 p.m., the armed elements of Operation Irini came on board and carried out an inspection that lasted for long hours.
* All personnel, including the captain, were forcibly searched, all personnel were gathered in one place and detained, and the containers were forcibly searched, with an armed soldier standing at the head of the captain. This intervention was carried out without the consent of our country as the flag State or the captain of the ship. Despite the captain’s statements about the nature of the cargo transported, this intervention, which began on an ambiguous suspicion and lasted until after midnight, ended only in the face of persistent objections from our country. The armed personnel waited on the merchant ship until the morning and left the ship at 09:38 in the morning.
‘WE PROTEST’
Reacting to this intervention, Aksoy said: “We regret that our ship, which appears not to have violated the arms embargo, has been detained from its route for hours under severe weather conditions, and that the personnel have been treated as criminals during the inspection. . Naturally, the right to all types of compensation will be reserved for the natural and legal persons concerned. It is essential to obtain the consent of the flag State to intervene on merchant ships in international waters. Libyan arms embargo does not remove this obligation The EU does not remove this obligation to the legitimate Libyan government, nor to our country, nor to our country The neutrality of Operation Irini, which it launched without consulting NATO, remains controversial. It is an open operation. It is an operation that does not control the arms support for the coup leader Haftar, it is used arbitrarily and you has the objective of punishing the legitimate Libyan government ”.
DISCUSSION OPERATION: PUSH
Operation Irini is a controversial operation launched by the European Union (EU) in the Mediterranean to control the United Nations (UN) arms embargo on Libya. Although UN Security Council resolution 2292 required the legitimate government’s consultation and permission with the Government of National Consensus, Operation Irini, which began, is a partial and illegal operation. While some European countries did not comment on the operation to benefit from EU funds, some more courageous countries withdrew from the operation with their reactions.
FIRST EXPLANATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
The transport company made a statement about the illegal search carried out on the Turkish ship in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The statement included the following statements:
“On November 22, 2020, around 10:30 am local time, the container ship M / V Roseline A under the Turkish flag, IMO registration number 9163984, owned by our company, during its commercial trip to the Libyan port of Misurata With the voyage number LTS44S20, it was declared as EU WARSHIP. The F220 was subjected to some interrogation from a frigate numbered F220, which was introduced and understood as a German ship, and then some soldiers were unloaded from a helicopter of the same ship, despite to the opposition of the ship’s captain. The same team left our ship by helicopter about 16 hours later, during radio interrogations before the soldiers boarded our ship, the situation was denounced by the captain both to the Command of the Turkish Coast Guard as well as to MRCC Ankara, and by our company officials to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey. G Forwarded to. As of On 11/23/2020, our firm has resumed its normal course at 10:00 local time.
Our company has complied with the national and international standards and conventions so far in all its activities, and has not encountered adverse situations. All the transports that it carries out are for human and commercial purposes. Facing such a practice has made our crew anxious and annoyed our company. Despite the soldiers landing on our ship during the incident, our crew, who had many years of experience in the open sea, did not show any resistance and were cooperative and harmonious and a sad event was prevented from happening.
The subject is followed by our Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Foreign Relations and National Defense ”.
” IT IS ILLEGAL ”
Speaking about the scandal, International Relations Specialist Prof. Dr. Mesut Hakkı Caşın said the following:
” No search can be conducted in international waters without a clear indication of any kind of contraband and acts contrary to international law. Each state guarantees its own flag ship to carry cargo in accordance with the law. But what Greece wants to do with Operation Irina goes against international law. Greek initiatives had been prevented before. It was the second time on the French ship. What is being done here is that Greece detracts from Turkey, claiming that Turkey’s actions are smuggling, so a team assisting Turkey in directing its weapons to Libya aims to find legal circumstantial evidence. This is not the purpose of Operation Irina. The search and rescue of Greece without giving any information is an act of piracy. Turkey is not a state of smugglers. Turkey, both NATO and the UN to move. No state has the right to interfere with ships. ”
AK Party Vice Chairman Numan Kurtulmuş also made the following statement on Twitter:
“Libya is unacceptable by Turkey’s pirate frigates for Turkish intervention from a German merchant ship. We will not hesitate to use our law against barbarism of all kinds in a way that is completely contrary to international law.”
” IMAGINATION IN THE SEA YOU KNOW ”
Speaking to CNN Türk, retired Rear Admiral Cem Gürdeniz made the following comment:
“This is an obviously hostile act, let’s say it. German and Greek decision makers are involved. Because the ship is a German ship, the tactical commander is the Greek commander. The two decision makers met in a hostile act against Turkey. As you know, it is banditry at sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must make a statement immediately. Openly attacked, a helicopter is coming.
Now according to international maritime law, the Vienna Protocol, the Palermo Convention, the Rome Convention; Despite these … One is human trafficking, one is drug trafficking, the other is armed activities. Even on these, the ship cannot be embarked without the permission of the flag state and the approval of the ship’s captain. Something like this is the first time I’ve seen it. Especially the ship of a NATO member country. Here the ship has an official Turkish flag. There was a banditry against the Turkish flag.
The German government should apologize to Turkey. The EU to Turkey received the message, I said that I am not with you. Look, the staff there will officially use force, almost, if not embarrassed. Insolent guys! The staff is also resisting, I too congratulate them. There is no forgiveness for this. I am very nervous and angry. ”
