The difficult journey and the first moments in the sea of the Caretta Caretta torte, hatched from the eggs on the coast of Belek in Antalya, are captured using drones and underwater cameras.
Submarine documentary and operator Tahsin Jaylan, Lecturer at the University of Hajettepe and President of the Association of Ecological Research (EKAD) Ali Fuat Dzhanbolat, coordinator of the project for the observation and protection of sea turtles, Dzhansu Ulusa and volunteers became witnesses of the moment when the turtles hatching from the eggs rushed into blue waters.
the Representative of the Federation of Submarine Sports of Turkey and the Underwater photographer Taner Shahakalkhan with his wife Irerem Shakhakakhankhan Also participated in the filming.
Attempts of cubs to go through the garbage left on the shore fell on the camera
for three days all the moments of the life of the cubs were captured: exit from the nest, walking on the sand, attempts to go through the garbage left on the shore, meeting with the sea and advancement through blue waters.
struggle struggle struggle. the cubs who were chosen from the nest, in order to get to the sea, struck the observers.
in the Belek and Kyzylot area, one of the largest nesting places in the Mediterranean Sea, the process of meeting with the sea of large number of cubs who selected from the nest. Ali Fuat Dzhanbolato informed the Anadol correspondent that 27 years ago they began their work with 30 kilometers of the beach area, and every year they expanded them.
Now they continue their work in an area of 65 kilometers.
“last year on the 65-kilometer coast in the Kunda districts, Beleck and Kysalar have found more than 6 thousand nests, and this year their number has already exceeded 5 thousand There is a long zone, there are a lot of nests, so we have to work as a large team, ”he says.
Dzhanbolat noted that the work and camp of volunteers can continue thanks to the support provided, and expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Environment, Urban Development and Climate Changes, the Main Directorate for the Protection of Natural Resources, the Main Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks, as well as also The Union of Investors to the Tourism of the Belek for their important contribution.
Tahsin Jaylan, in turn, noted that they are happy that they can affect the life of other creatures, and that, observing how the Karetta, who are under threat of disappearance, meet with the sea, they contribute to the preservation of this species.