Şahika Ercümen with baby Caretta caretta
Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2020: Turkish world record-holder free-diver of the Underwater Federation Sahika Ercumen, who is announced as “Life Below Water Advocate” of Turkey by United Nations Development Programme, dives to witness the first steps of baby loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in Mugla, Turkey on August 18, 2020. Wounded sea turtles are treated at the Sea Turtles Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) within the scope of the Patara Sea Turtles Conservation and Monitoring Program supported by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. After their treatment, the turtles are kept under observation in special areas created in the sea to get used to their natural habitats.
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