Turkey imposes record fines for vessels polluting seas

A vessel is seen in the Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Turkey, on Feb. 19, 2019. The Turkish authorities imposed a record amount of fines on vessels that polluted the seas surrounding the country's biggest city Istanbul during the past year. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality announced lately on its website that a total of 87 ships got fined last year with 5.7 million Turkish liras (about 1.1 million U.S. dollars) for polluting the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus Strait. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)