>The wind chart of Gulf of Sidra. Source: http://www.weatheronline.co.ukThe adverse windconditions in the Mediterranean makes evacuation of foreigners fromLibya by sea difficult.This morning a galewarning was made by Athens' meteorological center valid from 04:30this morning til 16:00. The both fast ferries M/FOsman Gazi and M/F Orhan Gazi are still in Marmaris, waiting for abetter sea conditions.The... Continue Reading →
>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 4)
> Last night (23.2.2010) at 23:45 the first ferry M/F Orhan Gazi carrying 1516 person arrived in Marmaris after a 19 hours trip from Benghazi. Two hours later the second ferry M/F Osman Gazi carrying 1512 person arrived in Marmaris too. Both have a seating for 1250 persons. And as they are used for short... Continue Reading →
>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 3)
>According to Turkish Foreign Ministry, the fast ferry M/F Orhan Gazi departed from Benghazi 03:30 this morning and her sister M/F Osman Gazi at 05:00. Both are heading to Marmaris, Muğla the nearest Turkish town with sufficient harbor capacity and a large airport nearby. They are each carrying 1500 passengers 250 more than sitting capacity.... Continue Reading →
>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 2)
> As Libya plunges more into a kaos and heads towards a potential civil / tribal war the efforts to evacuate Turkish citizens from Libya continues. According to news coming from Libya the airport of Benghazi is destroyed. Thus evacuation from the sea seems to be one of the possibilities. The other one is over land transport... Continue Reading →
>TCG İskenderun Heads To Libya, To Evacuate Turkish Citizens (UPDATED)
According to a source on location, A-1600 TCG İskenderun left Mersin this morning and is heading to Libya, to pick up the trapped Turkish citizens. It is estimated that there are 25.000 Turkish citizens in Libya currently mostly working at the projects of the Turkish construction companies. The daily Hürriyet reported that till yesterday, 581... Continue Reading →
