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week, to February 23rd, I presume the Soviet Submarine ShCh-213 was not yet ready at its station in front of the Bosporus Straits. Coincidence 2: To take a vessel into the Black Sea without an anchor and without an engine, without food and water, it means that it was known that the vessel would disappear very shortly. Coincidence 3: The Soviet Submarine managed to get between Struma and the Turkish shore, then it torpedoed it, thus giving the impression that a torpedo was launched from the shore, to embarrass Turkey. Coincidence 4: I was locked in the prison at the top floor of the Istanbul Central Police Station for 6 weeks, under the pretext that I had no visa for Turkey. Yet, at the same time, many refugees that managed to flee Europe and landed in Istanbul without visas, were kept in hotels, not in prisons. 2) Regarding Turkey's responsibility for the Struma tragedy, could you tell me your feelings about Turkey cutting the anchor chains of the ship? 2. The anchor chains of Struma were cut to expedite the attachment to the military tug “Aldemar”, who then pulled the vessel through the Bosporus Straits into the Black Sea. It must have been known to some people that it was Struma’s last journey. Copyright © Hasim Surel 2005 58
3) How can you describe the behavior of the Turks toward you, when you were kept in Istanbul after the tragedy? 3. I was kept in the Istanbul prison for 6 weeks and had several interrogation procedures, same questions, but all were friendly and without any pressure or roughness. However, upon my questioning them why I was imprisoned, the reply was that I had no Turkish visa. 4) Did your Struma experience change your thoughts about Turkey? Do you like 4. I have not experienced any change in my thoughts about Turkey, since the incident, I visiting Turkey? have visited Turkey 3 times since the Struma incident , last visit being in October 2004. I believe that I owe my life to a Turkish man named Simon Brod who arranged to supply food and water to the vessel during its stay in Istanbul Harbour for 71 days. Also, while I was in prison, he arranged with a restaurant nearby to supply every day food delivered to me at the prison. Upon my release from prison, he purchased the ticket and took me to the railway station for departure to Aleppo. 5) Could you tell me about the ship's journey along the Bosporus coming and going? While waiting on the ship as it was towed to the Istanbul Harbor or on the journey, were there any helping hands? Who were they? Copyright © Hasim Surel 2005 59
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