Tiffany tycoon dies after falling from cruise ship while on holiday with boyfriend

Her family 'are taking legal action'

The owner of the popular Tiffany’s jewellery empire in Turkey has died after falling from a cruise ship in the South Pacific. Dilek Ertek, 71, fell in the sea off the Tahiti coast while on holiday with her unnamed Swiss boyfriend, Metro reports. Police questioned the 74-year-old lover when the Norwegian Spirit docked three days later. He was later released without charge. The crew had reportedly kept her lover under observation until the ship arrived at Papeete port, the capital city of French Polynesia as Ms Ertek’s son Gokce Atuk claimed jewellery had gone missing from her cabin.

Her are said to be taking legal action against the ship’s operator after they claimed CCTV showed she fell on October 26 but was not reported missing for 20 hours.

Ms Ertek opened the first Tiffany & Co shop in Istanbul in 1995 and was brand supplier in Turkey. Tiffany & Co. is a luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It sells jewelry, sterling silver, porcelain, crystal, stationery, fragrances, water bottles, watches, personal accessories, and leather goods As of 2018, Tiffany operated 93 stores in the US and 321 stores worldwide, Related links 

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