ANTALYA (AA) – Three green sea turtles (Chelonia Mydas), which were treated and fitted with a satellite device after being found injured in Antalya, were released into the sea. Within the scope of the Too Young to Die Project carried out with the support of Antalya Governorship, Nature Conservation and National Parks 6th Regional Directorate, Akdeniz University and DER Tour Foundation, satellite devices were fitted to 3 green sea turtles whose treatment and rehabilitation processes were completed after they were found injured.
The turtles were then released into the sea from Sorgun Beach in Manavgat district. Akdeniz University Faculty of Fisheries Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Cengiz Deval, in his statement to journalists, stated that 95 percent of scientific turtle studies conducted in the Mediterranean focus on adult females. – Our goal is to monitor via satellite for 1 year. Pointing out that all 3 turtles with satellite devices are young individuals, Deval said, “Our main goal in the project is to follow the living spaces and migration routes of young individuals.
Our goal is to brand at least 8 young individuals and monitor them via satellite for 1 year. If we can prove that Manavgat beaches are a feeding area, we can significantly reduce mortality rates by protecting these areas. he said. Pointing out that caretta carettas can breed on every coast of the Mediterranean, but the population of green sea turtles is at a much more critical level, Deval stated that green sea turtles mostly nest in the Mediterranean only on the coasts of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Türkiye’s narrow coastline between Antalya and Samandağ.
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