Dilek Ertek, a 71 yr outdated tycoon and proprietor of the posh jewelry model Tiffany’s jewelry in Turkey has died after falling to her loss of life from a cruise ship off the coast of Tahiti, while on a dream vacation. She reportedly fell from the 75,000 ton Norwegian Spirit cruise ship into the water of the South Pacific at round 3am on Wednesday 26 October.

Dilek Ertek was a Turkish entrepreneur – she was born in Istanbul however attended at a highschool, earlier than happening to check Structure at Istanbul’s Mimar Sinan High quality Artwork College. She continued her research on the Gemological Institute of America, in New York Metropolis, the place she realized about diamonds.

In 1995, Ertek opened the primary Tiffany retailer in Istanbul and labored because the distributor of Tiffany & Co. in Turkey for greater than twenty years. She married businessman Hüseyin Yalçınkaya in 1982 however the couple divorced in 2004. Dilek Ertek has a son named Gökçe Atuk, who works as a Managing Director at Tiffany & Co.

Ertek boarded the Norwegian Spirit cruise ship on 24 October in Papeete Island, French Polynesia, and had deliberate to have fun her 72nd birthday in Bora Bora, on 5 November. The cruise was anticipated to finish in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dilek Ertek is believed to have died by falling from the balcony of her cabin on the ship within the early hours of the morning, nonetheless her physique has not been recovered. CCTV footage of the incident signifies that she fell to her loss of life round 3am, nonetheless her boyfriend, aged 74, who was additionally on the cruise ship, didn’t report her lacking for 20 hours, in keeping with native media. After Ertek’s disappearance was reported, the ship returned to the closest port, which was Papeete Island, Tahiti.

Ertek’s son, Atkut, claimed that jewelry had gone lacking from the protected in his mom’s cabin. Ertek’s household have requested the police to research her associate, who’s believed to be a Swiss nationwide. Police did query Ertek’s associate, who has not been named, when the ship docked at Tahiti three days after Ertek’s loss of life. They launched him with out cost because of the lack of proof and he has now returned to Switzerland.

Ertek’s loss of life has left consultants dumbfounded, because the entrepreneur was simply over 5’1 tall, and apparently fell over a 3 metre (9’10) guard rail by her cabin. Sabah, an officer acknowledged: “Assuming that Dilek Hanım and her lover are staying in the identical cabins, I discover it very suspicious that the lacking state of affairs will not be reported. As a result of on cruise ships, day by day actions and leisure are organised often, and everyone seems to be involved with one another.”

Moreover, Captain Mustafa Can is believed to have stated: “It’s tough to fall from this sort of passenger and cruise ship”. Whereas no physique has been discovered, a seek for Ertek’s physique was discontinued – it is rather unlikely that her physique might be discovered within the open ocean because of the sheer dimension of the South Pacific.

Claims that jewelry was stolen from Ertek’s protected additionally casts doubt onto whether or not her loss of life was an accident. Ertek’s legal professionals are believed to be making ready to file a swimsuit towards the ship’s operator,  Norwegian Cruise Line.