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Swimming for Peace:
Young swimmers in Muğla's Bodrum district and from the Greek island of Kos will swim a “Crawl for Peace†next April. The swimmers will meet in the Aegean Sea in international waters to hand each other flowers and flags.
The swimmers have begun training, supervised by Turkish National Swim Team Coach Cengiz Altaylı. Six swimmers from the Bodrum Municipality Bodrumspor Swim Team and the swimmers from İstanköy Maritime Club on Kos Island, five miles from Bodrum, are training for the swim.
The activity is very important for peace and friendship, said Bodrum Mayor Mazlum Ağan of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
“We are holding various events in the fields of tourism, art and sports to contribute to and promote friendship and peace with our neighbor Greece. We want the Aegean Sea to be a sea of friendship. We aim to turn this into a traditional activity," Ağan said.
The swimmers attend training practice two hours a day, swimming seven or six kilometers, said Altaylı. “Following this event, we aim to hold competitions and collective training programs between the swimmers of the two countries. Peace in the Aegean will set an example for the whole world,†Altaylı said.
Turkish Daily News,Bodrum
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