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Tanker Captain Arrested over Cargo Ship Sinking Off Istanbul

The pair were arrested by a court late on Thursday, a day after the pre-dawn collision in which the ALSU, an empty oil tanker, struck the Tugberk Imamoglu, a cargo vessel carrying rolled steel, in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul. The case is being handled by prosecutors in Silivri on the western outskirts of Istanbul province. According to the prosecutors' statement, the Silvri court charged the pair with negligent homicide for failing to fulfi…

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The Turkish Ministry of Defense succeeded on Friday in locating the merchant ship "Tuğberk İmamoğlu" that sank in the Sea of Marmara off the coast of the Silivri district in Istanbul...

·Amman, Jordan
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The captain and second officer of an oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship near Istanbul have been arrested and charged with negligent homicide, prosecutors said Friday, after 10 people went missing.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Tanker captain arrested over cargo ship sinking off Istanbul

Search and resuce operations are ongoing with teams yet to reach the wreckage of the Tuğberk İmamoğlu or locate its voyage data recorder (VDR) or "black box."

·Lyon, France
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Arrest warrants have been issued for the first and third captains of the ALSU vessel, which was involved in the ship accident off the coast of Silivri, while judicial control measures have been requested for the other four individuals.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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The first and third captains of the ALSU vessel, which was involved in a ship accident off the coast of Silivri in the Marmara Sea, have been arrested.

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New details have emerged in the investigation into the sinking of the Tuğberk İmamoğlu, a Turkish-flagged commercial vessel, following a collision between two Turkish-flagged commercial ships, ALSU and Tuğberk İmamoğlu, off the coast of Silivri in the Marmara Sea. The statements given to the judge by Ahmet Erarslan, the first captain of ALSU, and Murat Evciman, the third captain, who were arrested as part of the investigation, have been included…

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A Haber broke the news in Türkiye on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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