thanks - didn´t notice that.  I am now thinking it might just be gemisi - ´some people thought the boat was attacked by a giant octopus´

It seems correct when translated into english but still I don´t know... I will give my tongue to the cat

Can I have a point for correcting the topic´s title from ´A guiz.............´ to ´A quiz............´

A guiz for learners (mltm01)-intermedia

Thank you all for your attempts. The corrected text is below.

"1872 yılında, Mary Celeste adında bir gemi Atlas Okyanusu´nun kuzeyinde, rüzgar ve akıntının etkisiyle sürüklenirken bulundu. Üstelik bordada hiç kimse yoktu. 

Mary Celeste´nin mürettebatı yok olmuştu! Bazı insanlar geminin dev bir ahtapot tarafından saldırıya uğradığını düşünüyordu."

It seems so obvious now!! but I wouldn´t have found it I think...

Thank you very much mltm for your help and patience!

thank you from me too - but can you just explain geminin please?

I had explained it before. It is the same grammar rule, so look at this link and read my explanations. If you still have questions, I´d answer.

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_48989

Ok now can somebody translate it to see if has a logic ?

"1872 yılında, Mary Celeste adında bir gemi Atlas Okyanusu´nun kuzeyinde, rüzgar ve akıntının etkisiyle sürüklenirken bulundu. Üstelik bordada hiç kimse yoktu. 

Mary Celeste´nin mürettebatı yok olmuştu! Bazı insanlar geminin dev bir ahtapot tarafından saldırıya uğradığını düşünüyordu."

I tried the translation, the general meaning is this:

" In the year 1872, a ship called Mary Celeste has been found on the north of the Atlantic ocean after being carried away by wind and current/flow. In addition there was nobody on board.

The ship´s crew of the Mary Celeste has disappeared! Some people have been thinking that the ship has been attacked by a giant octopus."

There is not "after" in the first sentence."being carried away" or "while being carried away"

Some small changes for better English: In the year 1872, a ship named the Mary Celeste was found drifting (my dictıonary gives ´drifting´ as a translation and this is the expression usually used in connection with the Marie Celeste) in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The ship´s crew of the Marie Celeste HAD disappeared!  Some people THOUGHT that the ship HAD been attacked by a giant octopus.