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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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Turgut Çangır, head of the regional directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, said they are carrying all-out efforts for the protection of both Caretta caretta and green sea turtles on the coasts from Hatay to Mersin provinces.