The turtles of Dalyan are victims of their own popularity. More than 600 tour boats ply the waterways taking tourists to view them.
Loggerhead turtles —
The turtles of Dalyan are victims of their own popularity. More than 600 tour boats ply the waterways taking tourists to view them.
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Rock tombs built by Lycians -- people who lived in the region 2,500 years ago -- loom over the the Dalyan waterways.
Ruins at Kaunos —
Rock tombs built by Lycians -- people who lived in the region 2,500 years ago -- loom over the the Dalyan waterways.
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The Dalyan Delta is an almost-tropical maze of river channels, pools and reed beds. In 1951 it doubled for Africa in the Humphrey Bogart film "The African Queen."
Dalyan river delta —
The Dalyan Delta is an almost-tropical maze of river channels, pools and reed beds. In 1951 it doubled for Africa in the Humphrey Bogart film "The African Queen."
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June Haimoff originally moved into a stilted fisherman's hut on the beach at Iztuzu, but now stays in nearby Dalyan town with an extended family of cats and dogs.
'Kaptan' June Haimoff —
June Haimoff originally moved into a stilted fisherman's hut on the beach at Iztuzu, but now stays in nearby Dalyan town with an extended family of cats and dogs.
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Haimoff has dedicated her life to looking after Dalyan's loggerhead turtles. She continues to campaign on behalf of the beach and its inhabitants through the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dalyanturtles.com" target="_blank" target="_blank">Kaptan June Sea Turtle Conservation Foundation</a>.
Protecting Turkey's turtles —
Haimoff has dedicated her life to looking after Dalyan's loggerhead turtles. She continues to campaign on behalf of the beach and its inhabitants through the Kaptan June Sea Turtle Conservation Foundation.
Courtesy June Haimoff
Measuring up to one meter in length, mature females return to Ituzu to lay their own eggs. About 300 females still bury their eggs in the sand each May.
Return of the loggerheads —
Measuring up to one meter in length, mature females return to Ituzu to lay their own eggs. About 300 females still bury their eggs in the sand each May.
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