AYSE AKANSU, Length 90 metres, Flag: Turkish, built in 1981
The Georgian coast guard detained in port of Poti two Turkish cargo vessels with twelve crew members on both ships for unauthorized entry to the breakaway Abkhazia, the Georgian Border Police said.
Isik-3 with five Turkish citizens on board and Ayse Akansu with seven Turkish crew members were detained on April 26 and charged with violation of Georgia’s law on occupied territories, which bans foreign citizens to enter into breakaway Abkhazia without Tbilisi’s official approval.
The Georgian Border Police said that vessel Isik-3 entered into the Abkhaz section of the Georgian territorial waters on February 24 and on March 2 and Ayse Akansu was in Abkhazia on January 13 and on January 25; the both vessels visited Bichvinta (Pitsunda), according to the Georgian authorities.
On April 27 the court in Poti granted GEL 3,000 bail to each of the crew members, pending investigation, the Georgian Border Guard Police said on Monday.
ISIK 3, 72 Metres in length, Flag: Turkish, Built in 1982
Crew released on bail
Twelve Turkish citizens detained by the Georgian border guards for violating the Georgian law on "Occupied Territories" were released on bail. The Georgian Border Police said that each of them paid 3,000 lari ($ 1 = 1.63 lari) in accordance with the Poti city court's decision.
Attila Durdag, Harun Oskan, Omer Yaliniz, Ispail Yozgat, Omerfaruk Erdogan, Tsevat Ustun and Mehmet Osdevin were detained by Georgian border guards. They violated the rules of entering Abkhazia's marine area of the Georgian territorial waters on Jan. 13 and 25 via the ship "AYSE AKANSU", sailing under the Turkish flag.
Five more Turkish citizens - Murad Koroglu, Ozgur Celik, Mehmet Biik, Nechmi Bulduk and Acdar Kadir illegally entered Abkhazia via the "ISIK-3" ship on February 22 and March 2.
The investigation is underway. Then the case will be submitted to the court. The detainees wil face the imprisonment from 2 to 5 years.