{"id":20546,"date":"2026-08-30T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/passenger-ferry-capsizes-off-cyprus-while-sailing-from-northern-cyprus-to-turkiye-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T12:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:15:22","slug":"passenger-ferry-capsizes-off-cyprus-while-sailing-from-northern-cyprus-to-turkiye-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/passenger-ferry-capsizes-off-cyprus-while-sailing-from-northern-cyprus-to-turkiye-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger Ferry Capsizes Off Cyprus While Sailing From Northern Cyprus to T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A passenger ferry traveling from Girne in the <strong>internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)<\/strong> to Ta\u015fucu in Mersin, T\u00fcrkiye, capsized off the coast on August 30 after reportedly taking on water.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A passenger ferry traveling from Girne to Ta\u015fucu, Mersin, capsized after taking on water off the coast of Northern Cyprus on August 30.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard vessels, helicopters and civilian boats were sent to the scene, while ambulances waited at Girne Port. Rescue operations are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2094019579320103234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Guard vessels, helicopters and civilian boats were dispatched to the area as authorities launched a major search and rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambulances were also placed on standby at Girne Port to assist passengers who may be brought ashore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports on the number of people aboard the ferry remain inconsistent. Officials have cited figures ranging from <strong>267 to 287 passengers and crew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, and rescue operations are continuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details, including the number of people rescued and whether there are any casualties, are expected as the operation progresses.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tbreaking news, coast guard, Cyprus, ferry, ferry accident, Girne, maritime rescue, Mersin, northern Cyprus, Ta\u015fucu, TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, T\u00fcrkiye\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/30\/passenger-ferry-capsizes-northern-cyprus-turkiye\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A passenger ferry traveling from Girne in the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to Ta\u015fucu in Mersin, T\u00fcrkiye, capsized off the coast on August 30 after reportedly taking on water. A passenger ferry traveling from Girne to Ta\u015fucu, Mersin, capsized after taking on water off the coast of Northern Cyprus on August &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Passenger Ferry Capsizes Off Cyprus While Sailing From Northern Cyprus to T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/passenger-ferry-capsizes-off-cyprus-while-sailing-from-northern-cyprus-to-turkiye-greek-city-times\/#more-20546\" aria-label=\"Read more about Passenger Ferry Capsizes Off Cyprus While Sailing From Northern Cyprus to T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-30-\u0391\u03c5\u03b3-2026-02_16_01-\u03bc.\u03bc.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}