Cyprus Authorities Seek New Methods to Recover Bodies After Kyrenia Ferry Wreck

Cyprus authorities have announced that no bodies were recovered from the Kyrenia ferry wreck, leaving 15 people still missing. Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Unal Ustel said the search will now employ new resources and alternative methods, including private technical teams already investigating the wreck site. Ustel will travel to Istanbul to review reports from deep‑sea specialists, then to Ankara for high‑level meetings with Turkish officials and the ferry’s insurance company. Families of the missing have gathered at the new port of Kyrenia for eight consecutive days, while seven psychosocial support personnel from the Turkish family ministry are meeting them one‑on‑one. A funeral in Silifke honored Nazmiye Ozbolat, one of the two survivors recovered from the wreck.