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Title: Do You Believe in the Power of ONE? If Not, Watch This Video & Join the True Believers
Published: 2019-02-23
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLpTuX6TaBo
Title: Do You Believe in the Power of ONE? If Not, Watch This Video & Join the True Believers
Published: 2019-02-23
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLpTuX6TaBo
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as you can see is to the beach in Dalian Turkey is a rare sight to behold a five kilometer arc of shimmering golden sand stretching from the base of a pine-clad mountain to a river delta with not a single house shop or hotel in sight no ugly concrete rose here in is to the beach all you see the combination of magnificent green mountains rivers lakes and2/30
a horseshoe golden beach a beach that is one of the main nesting places of a rare turtle species during the day in the summer season you'll see people swimming walking or lying in the Sun to the sound of the gentle waves but at night a barrier comes down and the beach is claimed back by nature in particular by hundreds of loggerhead turtles one of the oldest3/30
surviving species in the world which lay their eggs there from May to September [Music] [Music] that's right Easter zoo is not only a stunning beach but the second most important site for endangered loggerhead in Turkey now I want you to picture this breathtaking site covered and polluted by blocks and blocks of ugly concrete commercial buildings rows of pools light poles and thousands of people holding plastic4/30
cups and mugs filled with cocktail and beer I want you to imagine it with the noise and trash pollution that comes with all that and witted the pristine natural habitat peace and the loggerhead turtles and bird species all gone and destroyed forever can you picture it can you imagine that well in the 1980s that was the envision destiny for this jewel of a place called East5/30
to the beach do you believe in the power of one I do in fact I have lived them built my entire life based on this belief one is a very powerful number whether one decision made that leads to a much larger impact or one person joining other ones that's how real positive changes happen well is to the beach as a natural beauty wonder and the rare6/30
loggerhead turtles nesting habitat was famously saved from development in the late 1980s due to the relentless and persistent efforts of one woman a woman who true her will and determination managed to stop the profit-seeking plans to turn this unspoiled paradise and nesting site for loggerhead turtles into a resort with large-scale hotels a yacht marina and dozens of holiday villas a single determined woman who has become7/30
a legend in a remarkable real-life story of how a handful of Turkish and European conservationists galvanized by the English turtle lady saved is to zoo from development June hey muff here in Dalian referred to as captain June is that remarkable lady who recently turned 96 in 1975 she and her partner bought a small boat and sailed for several years around the Greek and Turkish coast in8/30
84 hey muff dropped anchor in Dalian Bay in Turkey and immediately fell in love with the Magnificent unspoiled East to the beach a 5 kilometer long millennia old birding ground for the endangered Coretta kureta Turtles she decided to call the place home and build a small Hut at the delta end of the beach a year later this beach paradise was torn down by local authorities to9/30
make way for an 1800 bed holiday complex to be built by a German company which had struck a deal with the Turkish government Hema was outraged not only for herself the community and the beach but mainly for the threat posed to the Turtles by the massive development so she took on the adversary's from the profit-driven mega corporations and a cash hungry government to certain employment hungry10/30
local groups and she pressed on and on and became one of the most fearless fearless environmental campaigners of the 20th century think about it this was in the 80s before the internet and social media era the only tools she had at her disposal were her pen her personality a paper petition and her power of persuasion her determination and persistence in the 80s there were very few11/30
tourists visiting the little village of Dalian but hey moth convinced many to sign she wrote endless letters to the Turkish authorities and people in Britain she thought might help it was a slow and painful process all that painfully hard long and tedious work was marked by a victory the German construction work was literally stopped in its tracks even though a lagoon on the beach had already12/30
been partially drained to accommodate the construction machinery concrete foundations for workers hearts had been cast and dozens of old pine trees had been sawed down yet deg pulled out and the beach was saved and was declared turkey's first ever special environmental protection area banning everybody from the beach between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. except nesting Turtles in 2008 it won the times most beautiful open space13/30
in Europe award and it's featured in Trip Advisor's top 20 beaches in the world for 2015 all this due to the power of one daleon has been one of my most favorite places in turkey for years and yes I have known of Captain June's legends for over two decades after relocating to Fathead turkey only an hour scenic drive from Dalian and setting up my new office14/30
and documentary crew here I contacted June Hema and requested an interview with her she graciously accepted I am truly honored to have this opportunity and to be able to share parts of the sincere discussion with you all [Music] you you I'm well-known in this country very kind to me I know yes you have been very kind to to this country as well because I have heard15/30
people all over Turkey mentioning your project even people who haven't come yet to Dalian so even though you may not hear from them they do appreciate what you have done and the reason they appreciate they know it's not because it's not because you did it for publicity no money no money and they know I've lived 40 years in their country too they know my story they16/30
call me captain captain Jun all over Turkey I never said I'm a captain though I did come here I'm on the boat originally I came as a sailor I had a boat on the Mediterranean all summer for 10 years so they knew this lady who came from the sea and that's why the Turks call me captain and well [Music] I'll Beach have you been yes you've17/30
seen the beach beautiful many many times it's unique it is and it deserves to be protected and that's what I was fortunately able to begin I didn't actually do it but I began I said save this race don't put 20 hotels or 30 on it don't cover it in concrete let the turtles come at night lay their eggs would you say young and go back to18/30
the sea and do that every year as they have done for perhaps a thousand years or more unfortunately some in the capital listened in Ankara they listened and they did make the beach protected because it was slated for very heavy development German Turkish two countries and it was big involving a great deal of running I think it was 40 million Deutschmarks about at that time because19/30
when I came here like you or anybody with normal though I've been a sailor I sailed the net for 10 years on my boat that's sign on the moon it says Bouboulina that's off my boat it was on the side of my boat I sailed the night for 10 years so loving friends family yeah and so when I came to this penis and I heard the20/30
turtles came at night to lay the eggs but I thought they come through that possessive the rope and people and machine ano so what I did was I tried I'm thankful this so listen so when people saying it wrong Toki's a very difficult country you know some day oh yeah well it's a tough country you can't just go and do what every right lot of discipline21/30
and so on but I know because I tried and I suppose there so well she made me a bit eccentric but she means well and then tourists are going to go there if she thinks it's okay maybe more tourists will come perhaps they thought like that as a result we've done it all because thousands every year oh yes you do and you have made their world22/30
and you together with people who supported you and who have been supporting it I was helped by many other people especially in the beginning by Turks the World Wildlife Fund helped me I met Mary she has gone a wonderful woman go and see her in Istanbul and their kiss came down here hearing the call help the Turtle Beach is going to be developed there came to23/30
making sense calm a wonderful Turkish lady he actually younger than I I'm 95 finally and there this would be now 75 yes she came well what's happening what's going on how can I help and she was president of the World Wildlife Fund you see international so one just does it a little bit of trying believing and meeting other people who feel the same [Music] turkey is24/30
something it's got everything you probably know because you've traveled here before we've got mountains see Lakes we've got ancient buildings we've got deserts we've got forests I've been I bought this house in 87 and I lived on the beach in the Hat yes did you go to the beach yet not today but they're going for your article please go to the beach and take a picture25/30
of my hat it's unique yeah you know it did we built it in 1984 the finish carpenter from Daniel mehmet bakov he built it it's blue and it still be so it's 40 years old that and I lived in it at the beginning on the beach then government came after my because governments change you can have good once you can have not so good once turn26/30
at that time they came and they said everybody away off the beach why just go you have no rights here the beach belongs to the government go we went but I wasn't content to just go I came back but first I went to amber to talk to people what about tourism the beach is very valuable don't send people away bring them here from any country so27/30
you'll make money well they didn't just listen to me they heard that from other people and so eventually now which is completely protected forever they say forever said the important people in Ankara come protected forever and at night there's no lights on beach there's no noise no music nobody is allowed to go there in the summer from 8 o'clock at night until 8:00 in the morning28/30
these were all laws that were imposed to save the beach for the sea turtles hey moths battle is far from over she continues her stand and fight for further protection of the environment and character Caritas her main focus now is protecting the turtles from a different trap the hundreds of boats plying their way along the Dalian Delta bringing tourists to and from the beach as well29/30
as the fishing boats boat propellers can kill all wounded turtles and so him off persuaded the British ambassador to Turkey David rad away to donate funding for 90 propeller guards to be produced the problem now is persuading the boat man to use them another issue bringing her into conflict with the boatman is the feeding of turtles as a tourist attraction you can find more information on30/30
her current active ism's issues latest developments and ways to help her noble cause through her foundation the captain June sea turtles Conservation Foundation in Dalian I will provide you with the link our need dependency love and compassion for our natural habitat is a strong bridge that connects us no matter where we are in the world [Music] you
