Turkish steamship Sakariya bound for Palestanaaccording to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 16 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, 16 December 1939 No. 547g reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported that the Firm M. Rand&Co., Bucharest influenced by the British freighted in Romania the Turkish steamship Sakariya with properties of Jewish emigrants bound for Palestina. This was the first time that Turkish ship space was used for foreign account.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.