Maritime history

Two Turkish women are making waves as trailblazing captains of cruise ships, navigating not just the vast oceans but also gender barriers that have long defined the maritime industry.

Turkish scientist Professor Cemal Pulak announced at a recent symposium that works have been carried out to make Türkiye's underwater archaeological map and said the information cannot be shared openly due to the risk of looting.

Pakistan has reported around 300 of its citizens who died when a ship carrying illegal migrants from Libya to Europe capsized last week.

"Senate President Sadiq Sanjrani deeply mourns the tragic loss of nearly 300 Pakistanis following a boat accident off the coast of Greece," Sanjrani's office said in a tweet, as quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency on Monday.

Italy on Friday alerted Greece to a vessel holding dozens of migrants sailing off the southern coastal town of Pylos, two sources said, just two days after an overcrowded fishing boat sank nearby killing at least 78 people.

In one of the greatest tragedies of its kind this year, a fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece on Wednesday, leaving at least 79 people dead and many more missing. Initial reports suggested there could have been some 500 people on board from Pakistan, Egypt and Syria.

A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.

At least 32 migrants drowned early on Wednesday when their boat capsized and sank off Greece, the country's coast guard said.

One hundred people were rescued, but it remained unclear how many were on board when the vessel went under, authorities said. The shipwreck was the deadliest off Greece this year.

At least 32 migrants drowned and 100 were rescued after their fishing vessel capsized off the town of Pylos in southern Greece, the coast guard said on Wednesday.

A total of 104 people have been rescued so far, according to authorities who estimate that over 400 passengers were on board when the vessel sank. 

Survivors were taken to the town of Kalamata, authorities said.

A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized Sunday night off a beach in southern India, and more than 22 people including children died, officials said.

Important findings that have been obtained in the first scientific underwater excavation in the Kerpe region of Kocaeli's Kandıra district reveal that the region was an important point of maritime trade without interruption from the ancient period to the Ottoman period.