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title: "Vice President Yılmaz in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: messages on the boat accident off Kyrenia and Cyprus"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-vice-president-yilmaz-turkish-republic-northern/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-18T13:58:17.341Z
category: world
sources: 5
agreement: agree
---

# Vice President Yılmaz in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: messages on the boat accident off Kyrenia and Cyprus

Yılmaz, speaking alongside Prime Minister Üstel in a joint statement in Nicosia, said search and rescue efforts continued after the ship accident and that efforts would be made to ensure those responsible "answer before the law." He also met with Parliament Speaker Öztürkler.

## Who is in this story

- [Cevdet Yılmaz](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/cevdet-yilmaz/) — People
- [Ünal Üstel](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/unal-ustel/) — People
- [Ziya Öztürkler](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ziya-ozturkler/) — People
- [Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/kktc/) — Places
- [Ali Murat Başçeri](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ali-murat-basceri/) — People

## News sources

- [Yılmaz: Barış Harekatı olmasa kim bilir neler olurdu! Rum’un da İsrail’in de zihniyeti soykırım!](https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/haber/yilmaz-baris-harekati-olmasa-kim-bilir-neler-olurdu-rumun-da-israilin-de-zihniyeti-soykirim-2023530.html) — Yeni Akit (pro-government) — 2026-09-18
- [Cevdet Yılmaz'dan Rum yönetimine tepki: Yükselen sesler, ne kadar doğru işler yaptığımızın ispatı](https://www.star.com.tr/guncel/cevdet-yilmazdan-rum-yonetimine-tepki-yukselen-sesler-ne-kadar-dogru-isler-yaptigimizin-ispati-haber-2041023/) — Star (pro-government) — 2026-09-18
- [Öztürkler, Yılmaz ile görüştü](https://www.havadiskibris.com/ozturkler-yilmaz-ile-gorustu/) — Havadis (foreign) — 2026-09-18
- [Öztürkler, Cevdet Yılmaz’ı kabul etti](https://www.gundemkibris.com/ozturkler-cevdet-yilmazi-kabul-etti) — Gündem Kıbrıs (foreign) — 2026-09-18
- [Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı Yılmaz: Rum kesiminin Netanyahu hükümetiyle geliştirdiği ilişki, zihniyetini ortaya koyuyor](https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/cumhurbaskani-yardimcisi-yilmaz-rum-kesiminin-netanyahu-hukumetiyle-gelistirdigi-iliski-zihniyetini-ortaya-koyuyor/4061248) — Anadolu Ajansı (state) — 2026-09-18

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-cumhurbaskani-yardimcisi-yilmaz-kktc-girne-aciklarindaki/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-vice-president-yilmaz-turkish-republic-northern/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-vitse-prezident-yylmaz-posetil-trsk-soobshcheniya/

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