ANKARA - A dead body was found in a sunken ship off Zilli Cape during mine sweeping exercise conducted within the framework of NATO, Turkish Naval Forces Command said on Wednesday.
A statement of the Command said that the sunken ship was found during mine sweeping maneuvers performed in Kusadasi Gulp as a part of concerted NATO Damsel Fair-04 Exercise between May 20 and 28.
The statement noted that a sunken ship and a dead body in the ship were discovered one miles off Zilli Cape on Monday.
Turkish Coastal Security Command continued necessary efforts, the statement added.
(BRC) 26.05.2004