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The body of a Turkish fisherman killed in an attack on the Turkish-flagged vessel Duru 67 in the Black Sea near Sevastopol, off the western coast of Crimea, and four wounded crew members arrived at Inebolu Port in Kastamonu province early Saturday, following a roughly 15-hour rescue and evacuation operation conducted by the Turkish Coast Guard.
The attack struck the Duru, 67 miles west of Crimea, in waters between Ukraine and Türkiye.
The vessel sank following the strike. The nearby fishing boat Burak Kaya evacuated five wounded crew members and set course for Inebolu. One of the critically wounded fishermen died during the transit.
Upon receiving the distress call, Coast Guard Command vessel TCSG-96 departed Inebolu Port at 12:35 p.m. on Friday with a 19-member specialized medical team comprising four doctors, 15 National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) emergency personnel, nurses, and auxiliary health staff.
The coast guard vessel reached the Burak Kaya approximately 115 nautical miles north of the Turkish Search and Rescue Zone at 7:20 p.m.
The body of the deceased fisherman and the four wounded survivors were transferred to the coast guard vessel, which arrived at Inebolu Port at approximately 3:00 a.m. Ambulances transported the wounded to Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, while the body was taken to the morgue at Inebolu State Hospital.
Kastamonu Provincial Health Director Dr. Fevzi Yavuzyilmaz said the four wounded crew members had all sustained shrapnel injuries and received initial treatment aboard the coast guard vessel during the return journey.
"Four of our patients were injured, predominantly by the impact of shrapnel fragments. Among us were an emergency medicine specialist, four physician colleagues, and other health personnel and UMKE staff, and we performed initial interventions," Yavuzyilmaz said.
"One patient had a chest tube inserted aboard the ship through a minor surgical operation. The others received dressing and stabilization procedures," he added.
He said two of the four patients sustained relatively lighter injuries, while the other two were more seriously wounded.
"Two of our patients have relatively lighter injuries, and two have somewhat more serious injuries," Yavuzyilmaz said, adding that while the two more critical patients carried trauma-related risks, the situation was being managed.
"Hopefully, our injured will also recover and be discharged in good health," he said.
He said 18 health personnel participated in the operation, coordinated under the Kastamonu Governorship, alongside Coast Guard teams and Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) units that were waiting at Inebolu Port upon the vessel's arrival.
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