The rich proprietor of Tiffany’s jewellery empire in Turkey is believed to have plunged to her dying from a cruise ship throughout a dream trip along with her Swiss lover – who has been questioned and launched within the mysterious case.
Dilek Ertek, 71, fell off the Norwegian Spirit into the South Pacific off the coast of Tahiti on Oct. 26 and her physique has not been recovered, Newsflash reported.
The tycoon’s son Gokce Atuk stated jewellery had disappeared from the secure in her cabin.
Closed-circuit digicam footage reveals that Ertek went overboard about 3 a.m., but her unnamed 74-year-old boyfriend solely reported her lacking about 20 hours later, in accordance with native studies.
Specialists puzzled how the 5-foot-1 girl ended up going over the 3-foot-high railing in her cabin.
“It’s tough to fall from the sort of passenger and cruise ship,” Mustafa Can, a ship captain, reportedly advised Turkish media.
On the household’s urging, police questioned Ertek’s lover after the crew stored him underneath commentary till the ship docked in Tahiti three days later.
The person reportedly returned to Switzerland after being launched resulting from an absence of proof.
Ertek boarded the ship in Papeete, French Polynesia, on Oct. 24 and deliberate to have a good time her birthday in Bora Bora on Nov. 5, en path to Honolulu, in accordance with Newsflash.
The Turkish newspaper Sabah cited an area officer saying in social media that assuming the couple have been staying in the identical cabin, “I discover it very suspicious that the lacking scenario just isn’t reported.
“As a result of on cruise ships, day by day actions and leisure are organized continuously and everyone seems to be involved with one another,” he reportedly wrote.
“Individuals who can’t hear from one another inform the entrance desk and make an announcement. So it’s complicated that the information of the disappearance is given 20 hours later,” he added.
Ertek, who opened the primary Tiffany & Co store in Istanbul in 1995, was a graduate of Mimar Sinan College’s Division of Structure, the Each day Mail stated.
She went on the research on the Gemological Institute of America within the Large Apple, in accordance with the report.
The Publish has reached out to Norwegian Cruise Line and Tiffany’s for remark.
