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Waves of up to four meters rose off Akcakoca, a Black Sea district of Duzce province in northwestern Türkiye, on Oct. 3 and at times broke over the breakwaters.
The coastal storm formed part of a weather system that brought warnings for the Marmara, Aegean and Black Sea coasts on Oct. 2 and 3.
Further east, in Trabzon, a Black Sea port city in northeastern Türkiye, brown-tinged waves broke onto a dark sand beach on Oct. 3 as a man walked the shoreline.
Winds of 50 to 75 kilometers per hour affected the coast between Giresun and Artvin from the early hours of the day.
Debris marked the sand where waves reached the shore near a breakwater and fishing port in Trabzon.
Local reports said fishermen along the coast between Giresun and Artvin did not put to sea, and many boats stayed in harbor until the storm eased.
On the Marmara Sea, BUDO sea buses stayed at a pier as whitecaps ran along the shore.
Bursa Sea Buses canceled four afternoon trips on Oct. 2 between Mudanya, in northwestern Türkiye, and Kabatas in Istanbul, and passengers turned to the Yenikapi-Yalova services of IDO to reach Bursa.
Storms on the Black Sea coast of Duzce province damaged fishing boats.
Back on land, a palm tree bends in the wind along a coastal road in Trabzon on Oct. 3.
The Turkish State Meteorological Service forecast that the storm would last from midnight until about 9 p.m.
Inland, a storm with heavy rain struck Bismil, a district of Diyarbakir province in southeastern Türkiye.
The minaret of Ihlas Mosque collapsed and damaged the mosque and an adjacent two-story house.
Roofs were blown off and trees fell. No injuries were initially reported.
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