Eight-month pregnant Menekşe Nur Akkaya Gökdaş, rescued from a ship accident in northern Cyprus, was transferred to Kocaeli after receiving treatment at Nicosia Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital.
At the family’s request, an air ambulance operated by Türkiye’s Ministry of Health landed at Ercan International Airport in northern Cyprus for the transfer. Gökdaş was brought to the airport from the hospital by ambulance accompanied by a doctor and then flown to Türkiye.
Her husband, Volkan Gökdaş, accompanied Menekşe Nur Akkaya Gökdaş on the air ambulance.
Speaking at the airport, Volkan Gökdaş thanked the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Nicosia, the Ministry of Health and other officials for assisting them from the first moments of the accident, arranging the air ambulance and handling other procedures.
Gökdaş said they had initially planned to name their baby girl Deniz Ecem, but decided to name her Alara after the ship accident.