![Members of Turkish Coast Guard Command launch rescue operation for irregular migrants stranded on Yumurta Island in Aegean town of Ayvalik district of the western Balikesir province, on 19 November, 2018 in Balikesir, Turkey [Evren Atalay/Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181119_2_33490175_39132943.jpg)
At least 14 people died when a boat carrying irregular migrants sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish city of Bodrum, Anadolu reports. Upon receiving a distress call that a boat carrying migrants had sunk off Ortakent in Bodrum, in the Mugla province, four Turkish Coast Guard vessels, a diving team, a helicopter, and several rescue crews were dispatched to the scene. During the operations, 2 migrants in danger of drowning were rescued by the coast guard. The Mugla Governor’s Office said that around midday Friday, the 112 Emergency Call Center got a report from an Afghan national in the Ada Burnu area of Bodrum requesting help near the rocky shore. Following the alert, the four coast guard boats […]
