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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Fishermen Fear Mines in Black Sea

Fishermen fear mines will make their way to the narrow Bosphorus Strait used by 38,500 ships last year OZAN KOSE AFP

Turkish fisherman Sahin Afsut fears the worst: hitting a mine and "disappearing underwater in the blink of an eye".

Like many fishermen in Rumelifeneri, a village set on the rocks of the Bosphorus in northern Istanbul, Afsut and his team remain in port since the discovery of a drifting mine last month in the Black Sea.

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