Turkish Coastal Safety Administration said that GESTAS ferry Gokceada 1 which went aground on 20 April in the afternoon, has been refloated by 16:35 LMT on 21 April.
Tugboats Kurtarma 5 and Kurtarma 7 and Kiyi Emniyeti 2 fast rescue boat has been used for rescue and salvage operations.
The 59 vehicles and 188 passengers were already disembarked from the ship early in the morning of 21 April.
GESTAS has been criticized not to evacuate the passengers that were onboard a ship aground at rocky shores which was at the risk of sinking. Such a sinking would result in a catastrophic disaster.