The Dangerous Journey of the Sea Turtles
MUGLA, TURKIYE - JULY 06: Veterinarians and volunteers working at the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) are seen doing their pre-necropsy studies on a sea turtle that died as a result of being struck by a boat, in Dalyan region of Ortaca District of Mugla, Turkiye on July 06, 2021. Veterinarians working in Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) take a sea turtle that died as a result of being struck by a boat to the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. There are approximately 5 hundred boats connected to the Dalyan boat cooperative on the dalyan canal in the Dalyan region of Mugla's Ortaca District. These boats host hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists during the day. In the programs of boat tours, a trip to Iztuzu beach, also known as Caretta Caretta beach, can be made. However, although it was banned here a while ago, people feeding the Caretta Carettas with the blue crabs they bought during the tour causes the sea turtles to be injured by the boat propellers. Blue crabs, the favorite food of this species, are bought by the citizens and thrown into the canal to see turtles. Turtles that come to eat blue crabs both cause behavioral damage and cause injury or death by getting caught in the propellers of boats. An average of 42 sea turtles a year are brought to the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) for rehabilitation. Most of these are due to injuries caused by the propellers of tourist boats and unconscious human behavior. Although the reason for the rupture of the fin of the caretta caretta type sea turtle, which was taken into rehabilitation here, is not known exactly, it is considered as a propeller cut or unconscious human activity. The species of sea turtles, which date back 110 million years and guide people with the way they follow, are still in danger due to increasing environmental pollution despite all the conservation efforts. Anadolu Agency (AA) photojournalists captured the life of sea turtles, the ancient creatures of the sea, which is turning into a dangerous journey with environmental pollution. The study was created with 2 years of data recorded in total from different coasts of Turkiye such as Mugla, Hatay, Adana, Antalya, Istanbul and Rize. The visuals of the project, on the other hand, were recorded during 4 months of shooting between Iztuzu, the westernmost coast of Turkiye, which is the nesting area of ​​sea turtles, and the Samandag Coast, the easternmost point.
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