Sailor

Forced to marry at the tender age of 14 and continued her life as a single mother of two at the age of 16, a Turkish woman has initiated an effort to bring about a revolutionary change in the maritime profession she started, paving the way to redefine the term "seaman" (gemi adamı in Turkish) as "sea person."

The video of an accident that took place on August 17th 2016 has gone viral, with some delay indeed. In the video that was taken by the sailors of a Russian Navy ship, a freighter can be seen sailing at Bosporus. A Turkish Coast Guard high-speed vessel approaches very close to the ship’s bow for no apparent reason.

It didn’t take long for the accident to happen.

A Spanish sailor was killed on Thursday and three more seamen were injured in an explosion on a tanker anchored in the port of Drepano, in the prefecture of Achaia.

Of the three sailors who were hurt, one remained in critical condition at a nearby hospital last night while the injuries sustained by the other two were said not to be life-threatening.