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Green sea turtles start laying eggs in southern Turkey

Green sea turtles have started laying eggs in Turkey's southern province of Adana. The Akyatan Wildlife Development Area, an internationally important wetland, located between Akyatan -- the largest lagoon of Cukurova Delta -- and the Mediterranean, welcomes green sea turtles every summer.

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Volunteers and officials have been on night watch along the 22-kilometer (13.6-mile) coast. The turtles lay eggs in the night and return to the sea when twilight strikes.