Kıyıköy
Another mine disabled in Black Sea
Turkish authorities have disabled a mine in the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said on Oct. 19, in the fourth such incident since the start of the Ukraine war.
"A mine was detected off Kıyıköy... and has been secured and neutralized," the ministry tweeted.
The Marmara province of Kırklareli's Kıyıköy district is located less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Bosphorus.
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Sand mining plan off Turkey's Kıyıköy village scrapped following warnings
A firm's plan to extract sand from the sea off the village of Kıyıköy in the northwestern province of Kırklareli has been scrapped, following a report by daily Hürriyet which warned that the mining would cause a "natural disaster."