Political organizations and youth groups in the occupied territories are denouncing the profiteering practices of Turkish airlines, following the tragedy that unfolded on Sunday morning off the coast of Kyrenia with the deadly shipwreck, which has so far claimed the lives of eight passengers, while another twenty remain missing.
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According to reports from Turkish Cypriot media and posts on social media, the cost of airline tickets from the illegal airport in Tymbou to Turkey has skyrocketed following the suspension of ferry services pending an investigation into the circumstances of the tragic maritime accident.
A case in point is an airline that, within twenty-four hours, raised its ticket price from 6,000 Turkish lira to 22,000.
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Meanwhile, hundreds of civilians remain “stranded” in the occupied port of Kyrenia; they had been scheduled to travel by ferry to Turkey yesterday and today.
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Calls for Turkish airlines to increase flights and lower prices were made by the so-called “vice president” of the pseudo-state and the “mayor” of Kyrenia, emphasizing that such a tragedy must not be exploited.
