An inflatable boat carrying 16 people, affiliated with the Gülen movement, en route to Greek Island of Lesbos capsized in northwestern Turkey on Sunday, leaving 6 people including 3 babies drowned, 1 person missing, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Six people including three babies were drowned after the boat sank off Çıplak Island of Ayvalık district of Balıkesir province, said Gökhan Görgülüarslan, the district governor. Nine others were rescued by coastguards officials and one person is missing, added Görgülüarslan.
Police has been looking for the missing.
Those babies who drowned identified as Y.B.A., B.Y., N.Y., and two women drowned identified as S.A., S.A., and a man identified as G.Y.. It was also reported that among the rescued people there are teachers, doctors and shopkeepers.
Thousands of people have fled Turkey due to a massive post-coup witch-hunt carried out by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government against sympathizers of the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Many have tried to flee Turkey via illegal means as the government had cancelled the passports of thousands of people.
More than 200,000 people had been investigated over the Gülen links, according to Justice Ministry.
from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/07/29/refugee-boat-capsizes-leaving-6-dead-including-3-babies-in-aegean-sea/
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