Turkey confirms death, sends Kos evacuation ship

  21 July 2017    Read: 1428
Turkey confirms death, sends Kos evacuation ship
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a Turkish citizen was killed on the Greek island of Kos during the powerful earthquake that struck the area overnight.
The ministry said Friday that a second Turkish national was in serious condition and was being evacuated to Athens for treatment. It did not identify the victim, saying authorities were still trying to reach his or her family members.

Turkish authorities have sent a 250-person vessel from the Turkish resort of Bodrum to Kos to start evacuating some 200 Turkish tourists stranded on the island, the ministry also said.

It said Greek authorities had granted the ship special permission to approach a pier at Kos where the port and customs building was damaged.

Kos is a popular destination for Turkish visitors.

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