Caretta

Baby caretta carettas, or loggerhead turtles, enchanted visitors in the Kemer district of the southern resort province of Antalya when they hatched from their eggs and left their nests to meet the Mediterranean waters.

A caretta caretta, or loggerhead turtle, has been found wounded in a touristic southern province of Turkey. The citizens who discovered the injured turtle made a great effort to ensure its well-being before it could be taken to a rehabilitation center. 

The nesting grounds of caretta carettas, or loggerhead turtles, are to be protected by hedges at the hatching zone near the Ç?ral? beach in the resort town of Kemer in Antalya province.

The entry of vehicles was blocked at the 3,500-meter-long beach, while camping at the beach was banned to protect the eggs and hatchlings.

A member of the caretta caretta sea turtle community which has been severely injured by a boat is due to receive a 3-D chin thanks to the efforts of the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER).

A controversial tender made for the privatization of the facilities at ?ztuzu beach on the Mediterranean Sea will be canceled, Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister ?dris Güllüce has said.

Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister ?dris Güllüce has sought to assure concerned citizens that his institution will not sacrifice the idyllic beach of ?ztuzu, renowned for being one of the most important breeding areas for loggerhead turtles (caretta caretta), for "a few sunbeds."

Turkey?s Environment Ministry has given its full backing to the privatization of the protected Mediterranean beach of ?ztuzu, known as one of the most important breeding grounds for loggerhead turtles (caretta caretta), as protests against the move entered their second week.

In a bid to make local authorities take responsibility for the country’s overflowing landfills and illegal dumps, the government will henceforth pass any fines from the European Commission for violation of waste management regulations on to municipalities and regional governors.

The European Court of Justice has condemned Greece for violating waste management laws while also degrading the natural habitat of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) on the Ionian island of Zakynthos.