Turan Emeksiz ferry was sent off from Mudanya to Istanbul
The Turan Emeksiz passenger ferry, which has been in service for 46 years on the Istanbul City Lines, was transferred to the Istanbul Municipality by the Mudanya Municipality free of charge, in order to be considered as a renewal facility. Evaluating as a museum, hospital or library, the Istanbul passenger ferry was sent off from Güzelyalı Marina.
Mudanya Mayor Hayri Türkyılmaz at the ship’s farewell“It is for us to be a pioneer in keeping the name of Turan Emeksiz, one of the symbols of his sacrifice, alive as a cultural pride, after his great death on April 28, 1960 in Beyazıt Square. Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, to Sinem Dedetaş, General Manager of City Lines, to Veysel Yaşar, Mudanya Port President, who wants to train him, and to the technical team to train him” their uses.
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University students who were killed as a bullet target by a police officer during protests at Istanbul University on April 28, 1960, on the ferry built in 1961 in Glasgow Harbor, England. Turanwas named. It is retired as the City Lines Ferry on the Kadıköy-Eminönü line. Mudanya Municipality started to serve as a floating hotel on 4 floors by a private enterprise until the purchase of the ship and its use at the Güzelyalı Yacht Harbor.