Wednesday, February 10, 2010 03:44 [Daily Archive]

Domestic Anatolian Agency
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Illegal migrant boat capsizes off Turkish coast, one dead
One illegal migrant drowned when a boat, carrying 32 Somalian illegal migrants, capsized off Didim town of the Aegean province of Aydin on Monday.

A Turkish coast guard boat picked up illegal migrants drowning in the Aegean Sea early in the morning, fishermen said, adding that coast guard teams also found the body of an illegal migrant in nearby waters.

Security officials said a Turkish nation was detained connection to the incident.

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