17 migrants die off Turkish coast
Writer:AP Published:28/09/2015 at 11:43 AM
ANKARA - An official says 17 Syrians have drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on its way to the Greek island of Leros.
Gov Amir Cicek of Mugla province told the state-run Anadolu Agency that the Turkish Coast Guard rescued 20 other Syrian refugees early on Sunday. No one was missing or unaccounted for.