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The Liberian-flagged ship “Mozart” was attacked by naval thugs on January 23, some 180 miles off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.
On the way from Lagos to Cape Town, South Africa, 15 of the 19 crew members were kidnapped and an Azerbaijani citizen was killed.
The crew of the Gemini 3 acted in the port of Gabon Port-Gentil, and the 3 Turkish sailors who survived the attack were taken to Turkey on January 30.
15 TURKISH SAILORS WERE RESCUED
There was a last minute development regarding the kidnapped Turkish sailors. Fifteen Turkish sailors were rescued from the Mozart ship by naval thugs off Nigeria. Boden Maritime General Manager Levent Karsan said on CNN TURK 15 live broadcast from the Turkish state that they are good sailors and announced that they brought it to Turkey in 1-2 days.
Boden Shipping CEO Levent Karsan made statements about developments on CNN Türk screens.
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Here are the highlights of Karsan’s comments:
“We saved him safe and sound, believe me, we have not slept well in 3 weeks. 15 people were delivered safely. It was a stressful period, we had to keep quiet for the sake of the smooth running of the negotiations. We fulfilled our responsibilities and recovered our staff. 15 of them are in good health. Psychological support was provided to the families in it. The families are very happy right now, they are waiting for the siblings of their spouses to arrive. There will be health checks and tests. COVID. I also want to thank our government. They have supported us in all aspects. In that region, these actions are carried out to get money. We made every effort as a company. “
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EXPLANATION OF MINISTER ÇAVUŞOĞLU
Minister Çavuşoğlu took part in TRT Haber’s live broadcast and answered questions about the rescue of the crew on Mozart’s hijacked ship.
Cavusoglu, the company will bring the ship that arrived in the capital, the Abuja agreement in case of kidnapping citizens and said that citizens will be taken to Turkey with Turkish Airlines here.
Cavusoglu stated that the Turkish Ambassador in the opinion of the Abuja captain, the health status of its citizens, said it was good.
Çavuşoğlu explained that they tried to communicate with citizens but could not communicate because the phone did not have a good reception, he said: “Their families have been informed that they are good. Our friends are in contact. We will meet whenever possible.” speak.
Çavuşoğlu stated that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan closely followed the developments and presented the developments to him, finally relaying the information that citizens will be brought to the port and their identity information to the president.
A special thanks to the company that owns the ship, Çavuşoğlu stated that they will do everything necessary for the citizens who have been taken hostage since the beginning of the process.
Cavusoglu, the company that owns the ship’s responsibilities at this event, will deliver the message even though I was reminded of all kinds of material and moral support in Turkey.
Çavuşoğlu said: “It was a good cooperation. I would like to thank both the Turkish company that mediated our citizens to work on the ship, and the British company for carrying out this process with care and confidentiality.” saying.
‘WE NEED TO TAKE THIS COURSES AND WORK WITH JOINT
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Minister Çavuşoğlu said ships and companies should learn from this and that ships sailing in that area should take additional security measures.
Remembering that some citizens had been kidnapped earlier, Çavuşoğlu continued as follows:
As our president suggested to the president of Gabon, we sent a team from different institutions to the region. In the next period, we send these experts to different countries, unfortunately most of the kidnappings are happening in this region. What precautions must be taken? What do we take to prevent these events from happening again? On the other hand, our president of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Hakan (Fidan), remained in close dialogue with his interlocutors in this process, and from now on, in order to prevent such incidents from occurring, also in the intelligence dimension. The job has started. It is the course to follow, we must collaborate to avoid the implementation of more of these events. It was like Turkey, although before our citizens, even now, but it can happen to anyone in. Except for our appendix citizens, we will give the necessary support in Turkey for the absence of these events. “
Çavuşoğlu, who indicated that they gave preliminary information to the families, said: “We have been in contact with the families from the beginning. Let our Deputy Minister Yavuz (Selim Kıran) be our friends. We were in contact with the families, the families were informed immediately. Of course, we will call the families again. We will also follow the Turkish Embassy and all our friends from Ankara to bring them safely to our country with THY. ” saying.
