--- description: Migrants may have been travelling from the Middle East to Romania title: Boat sinks off Turkey killing 24 migrants image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d450cfa928f21f/698763d8428a9e98e7cc4d84/boat-migrants-turkey-syria.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boat Sinks Off Turkey, Killing 24 Migrants  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Nov 3, 2014 1:12 PM CUT  Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank, killing 24 migrants, off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul on Nov. 3, 2014. Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank, killing 24 migrants, off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul on Nov. 3, 2014.Osman Orsal—Reuters  by [Naina Bajekal](/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Nov 3, 2014 1:12 PM CUT At least 24 people have died after a boat carrying migrants believed to be from Afghanistan and Syria sank Monday in the Bosphorus Strait. The Turkish coast guard said 24 bodies have been recovered and seven people rescued from where the Strait meets the Black Sea. Rescue crews are searching for other passengers by air and sea. This year hundreds of thousands of migrants have tried to reach the European Union, making dangerous journeys across sea and land. The [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29878188 "undefined") reports that the refugees may have been trying to reach Romania, a member state of the European Union. \[[AP](http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/18ac44bb00f848c5b2393f9e9608d178/boat-sinks-bosphorus-4-dead-5-re... "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3554269/migrants-turkey-boat-sinks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3554269/migrants-turkey-boat-sinks/"},"headline":"Boat Sinks Off Turkey, Killing 24 Migrants","datePublished":"2014-11-03T13:12:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:10:36.246Z","description":"Migrants may have been travelling from the Middle East to Romania","url":"https://time.com/3554269/migrants-turkey-boat-sinks/","keywords":["Turkey","migrants","boat"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d450cfa928f21f/698763d8428a9e98e7cc4d84/boat-migrants-turkey-syria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naina Bajekal","jobTitle":"Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68d450cfa928f21f/698763d8428a9e98e7cc4d84/boat-migrants-turkey-syria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank, killing 24 migrants, off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul on Nov. 3, 2014.","caption":"Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank, killing 24 migrants, off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul on Nov. 3, 2014.","creditText":"Osman Orsal—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3554269/migrants-turkey-boat-sinks/","name":"Boat Sinks Off Turkey, Killing 24 Migrants"}}]}] ```