Saving Turkey’s Turtles from builders and boats in İztuzu Beach
Original article by Ümit Bektaş via Reuters.com
June Haimoff first stumbled across a loggerhead turtle on Turkey’s southern coast more than 30 years ago. It was a chance encounter that changed her life and the future of the beach she was wandering along.
Haimoff, fondly known as “Captain June” because of her love of the sea, teaches visitors about those threats to the turtles, and trains her young students in environmental preservation.
“I’m a woman in love with the turtles,” she says.