A team overseeing green turtle hatchlings, a protected species and one of the most significant turtle species of the Mediterranean, has begun releasing the turtles into the sea in Adana´s Akyatan district.
Akyatan´s Karataş beach has served as a nesting and hatching ground for the turtles for the past three years as part of an agreement between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Turkey) and the regional department of the Forest Ministry. This year alone it was home to 550 nests, project officials say.

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Let´s hope they´ll survive!

Critical habitat for the monk seal
Turkey´s rocky coastline provides critical habitat for the endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Around 100 monk seals are found in Turkey. The rocks also provide a solid substrate for algae and invertebrates like corals, molluscs, and crustaceans, as well as refuge, feeding, and spawning grounds for many species of fish and invertebrates.

HOW TOURISM HAS RUINED THE COASTAL HABITATS OF THE MONK SEAL
ON THE BODRUM PENINSULA, TURKEY

http://www.monachus-guardian.org/mguard04/04covsto.htm

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/what_we_do/mediterranean/about/marine/monk_seal_project/monk_seals/index.cfm