Turkey detains 27 Russian commercial ships in retaliation

  16 December 2015    Read: 1203
Turkey detains 27 Russian commercial ships in retaliation
As Russia has detained eight commercial ships flying Turkish flags in the Black Sea since the jet crisis erupted between the two countries, Turkey has detained a total of 27 Russian ships in a retaliatory move, as reported by daily Habert
Sources told daily Habertürk that Russia detained a total of five commercial ships with Turkish flags “in line with the Black Sea Memorandum” in the week following the jet incident. “The number of detained Turkish ships has reached eight as of Dec. 15,” sources claimed.

They added that Turkey did nothing in the beginning, with the expectation of halting of such moves by Russia. As Russia continued to act in this manner, Turkey has decided to do the same in line with the “reciprocity principle,” according to sources.

Turkish officials have detained a total of 27 ships with Russian flags as of Dec. 15 due to missing documents or transactions in line with the Mediterranean and Black Sea memoranda, sources added.

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