İztuzu Beach
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İztuzu Beach is a long beach near Dalyan, in the Ortaca district of Muğla Province in southwestern Turkey. It is world famous as one of the rare breeding grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and is often called "Turtle Beach".
The greatest threat to the survival of the loggerhead sea turtle is on these sandy beaches where its life begins. This has triggered an international conservation effort that began in the 1990s. The effort to protect loggerhead sea turtle eggs and to assure a safe breeding ground for this endangered species has made international headlines. This issue is one of the most critical items on Turkey's environmental agenda.[1] [2]
The two other breeding grounds for the turtles are also in Turkey, in Adana districts of Karataş and Yumurtalık.
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- ^ Loggerhead Turtles in the Dalyan River, Mulğa Province, Turkey, 2004. seaturtle.org. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ Derya Maktav; Filiz Sunar; Denizhan Yalin; Ersoy Aslan (April 2000). Abstract: Monitoring Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nests in Turkey Using GIS (English). Coastal Management, Volume 28.
