türkçe links to original Turkish article
(Milliyet Newspaper, 22 December 2019)
//Ed. note: Today marks the 9th anniversary of TNT. For
the first 7.5 years TNT focused almost exclusively on the
absurd, as exemplified by the first TNT blog item:
TNT Begins! click here for the first TNT blog item,
complete with typos and a lack of graphics.
For the past 18 months historical items transcribed &
translated from Ottoman documents have been included
in the TNT mandate, based on an expanded definition of
the word "tuhaf": comical, amusing, funny, queer,
ridiculous, curious, odd, uncommon, rare.//
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"A sailor's life, it is a merry life."
A horrible incident occurred on board the Turkish-flagged cargo vessel
Karadeniz in the Indian Ocean on 20 December. Troublesome sailor
Ergin Aktaş (33), with a reputation as a brawler, killed Captain Bora
Ekşi and wounded four of the ship's crew.
At every port-of-call, Aktaş would get into trouble but then apologize
and be forgiven. On 10 November, when tension on the ship escalated
at Singapore, Capt. Ekşi suggested that Aktaş leave the crew. But
Aktaş asked to remain, citing his debts and his need for a paycheck.
After fueling at Singapore, though, Aktaş returned to his wicked ways,
and on 20 December he stormed into Capt. Ekşi's cabin, stabbing him
to death.
The 3rd Captain, who was on duty at the time, witnessed the murder
and informed the 2nd Captain, who made a ship-wide announcement
to alert the rest of the 16-member crew. Concurrently, Aktaş headed
for the cabin of the chief engineer, screaming "Now it's your turn!"
and he wounded not only the chief engineer but 3 other crewmen, as
well. Aktaş was subdued by the spray of a fire extinguisher and tied
down, with 2 crewmen remaining by his side as guards.
"The Love Boat" (Not!)
Indian officials were informed and 7 hours later Indian Coast Guard
officers came aboard the Karadeniz. The Indians saw no need to
disembark Aktaş (!) and directed the ship to the Sri Lankan port of
Colombo, where the Karadeniz is expected to arrive today.
Aktaş was know to have both money and psychological problems.
On his social media pages he posted religious-themed posts. For
example, on 1 December, having been allowed to swim near some
Indian tropical islands, Aktaş wrote "I thank God first of all for
this island's beauty and I also thank the Captain, the chief engineer,
and the second engineer for arranging this for me." Another post
read: "upon leaving the island, we thank our ship's captain. We
love you like crazy Captain!"
Officials of the shipping company İnce Denizcilik issued the
following statement: "Aktaş's negative actions increased while the
ship was in the open seas. The Captain tried to arrange for tele-
health services with Aktaş's family. We told the Captain what
medicines Aktaş needed to be taking continually. On the day of
the incident, the Captain arranged for Aktaş to talk with his family.
The Captain treated him well and tried to help him."
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