Caretta Caretta

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change  in Türkiye continues efforts to protect the environment and natural life. The number of nests of endangered caretta carettas, which was 1,824 last year, increased to 2,551 this…

The moments when the young of the green sea turtles known as 'carretta caretta' and 'chelonia mydas' hatch from their eggs were captured on the Samandağ beach in Türkiye's Hatay province. Leaving their nests, which were opened by experts…

A boat captain, Turgay Meşe, rescued a caretta caretta entangled in a fishing net and a fishing hook off Alanya Castle in the Alanya district of Türkiye's Antalya province. Spotting the animal abnormally motionless on the surface of the…

A caretta caretta was found dead on a beach in Istanbul, Turkey. The endangered species, that is known to have inhabited the Mediterranean shores of Turkey, was moved by officers after the local witnesses’ call. It is estimated that the…

The caretta caretta named Tuba, first seen in 2019 laying eggs in Dalyan İztuzu coast in Turkey was given treatment for her propeller wounds. Tuba was then released back with a tracker on her shell to be monitored along her journey. After 3…

Caretta carettas emerged from their nests on Antalya's world-famous Patara Beach in Turkey and began to travel to the sea. Prof. Dr. Eyüp Başkale of Pamukkale University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences stated that scientists have been…

The 14-kilometer beach in Hatay's Samandag district has started to host green sea turtles and Caretta Carettas. After laying their eggs on the sandy beach they dug, the mother turtles return to the sea again. The egg laying of the turtles,…