Halit Yukay has still not been found! The arrested captain has inspected his ship at the port.

13.08.2025 01:29

The search efforts for businessman Halit Yukay, whose boat was shattered and partially submerged at sea, were paused on the 8th day due to a storm. Meanwhile, footage has emerged showing the moments when the cargo ship named Arel 7, which is believed to have collided with Yukay's boat, arrived at the port of Izmit. In the footage, the captain can be seen stopping at the bow and port side of the ship to inspect it.

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Search efforts continue for the owner of the yacht named 'Graywof', famous businessman Halit Yukay, which was found in a broken state off the coast of Marmara Island.

NO NEWS FROM HALIT YUKAY

Regarding the incident, the captain of the dry cargo ship named 'Arel 7', 61-year-old C.T., was detained on suspicion of 'causing death by negligence' on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The ship's captain was released under judicial control by the court to which he was referred with a request for arrest. Following the objections of the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspect was detained again in Istanbul on August 10, but this time he was arrested.

ARRESTED SHIP CAPTAIN: I FELT A SUDDEN SHOCK

The captain of the cement-carrying ship Arel 7, which was determined to have passed through the accident area, C.T., stated the following in his testimony at the court: "Normally, the assistant helps the captain. They had gone down for dinner at that time. We had passed Marmara Island. He had gone down for dinner around 5:00 PM. My shift had started at 4:30 PM. M.S. was with me as a lookout. Then they went down for dinner. They went down for dinner at 5:00 PM. I had spoken with the company. Then suddenly I felt a shock, I couldn't understand, I looked ahead, there were two pieces on my right and left.

"I DID NOT SEE IT WAS A BOAT"

I saw it as a piece of wood. I passed through the middle, but after going a little further, I turned back with the ship because I didn't feel comfortable. At that moment, I saw a life buoy. I couldn't understand what the wooden pieces I saw on my right and left were. When I realized it was not related to me, I continued on my way. After a while, I called the company official. I explained the situation. Then I said it was not related to us. I said I was continuing on my way. Normally, in such situations, the Coast Guard is informed. But I couldn't think of that with my psychology at that moment. There were also 2-3 ships in front of me. I thought they were adrift in the middle of the sea, that it was not related to us. I did not see it was a boat, I did not guess. There was no collision. We would have definitely understood, we would have heard the sound."

TRACES THAT RAISE SUSPICIONS ON THE SHIP

In the investigation file conducted by the Yalova Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the detained captain of the dry cargo ship that came from Çanakkale to Kocaeli was seen on security cameras examining the front part of the ship at the port. Additionally, photographs of the Arel 7 ship taken before it left Çanakkale and the last ones taken at the port in Kocaeli are also included in the case file. While there were no traces found on the front part of the ship in Çanakkale, the last photo taken at the port shows marks that are thought to be collision traces.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PORT, THEY CHECKED THE MARKS ON THE FRONT PART OF THE SHIP

The search efforts for businessman Halit Yukay, whose boat was found broken and half-sunk while trying to go from Yalova to Bozcaada, were interrupted on the 8th day due to a storm, while footage emerged of the moments when the dry cargo ship named 'Arel 7', which is believed to have collided with Yukay's boat, arrived at the Izmit port. In the security camera footage, it was seen that the captain C.T. of 'Arel 7', which approached the port around 4:00 AM on August 5, and the crew next to him got off the ship at 4:17 AM, came to the front part of the ship, and then stopped at the bow and looked back at the ship.

The images, along with photographs of the ship that were determined to have distinct scraping marks in front of it, were also included in the investigation file.

Source: DHA-IHA