Kaptan June and the Dalyan Turtles
One woman's battle to save an endangered species
June Haimoff
Second Edition
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Paperback ISBN 1843820684 196 pages Illustrated
Published September 2002 £14.95
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June, at Kisla in 2002
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This is a true story of one person's fight to save a very special part of the
world. A spit of golden sand, part of one of the most fabulous coastlines
in the world, the Dalyan Delta, where people have lived for millennia,
reaping a rich harvest from that betwixt and between world of land and
sea.
From the Foreword by David Bellamy.
'dazzling, magnificent it stretched away in a flawless white arc, losing
itself into the far distance under a summer haze. Serene, solitary and
mysterious'.
Here is the story of a passionate struggle
- involving local, national and international authorities - not only to
save the loggerhead turtle from the imminent invasion of the
entrepreneur's bulldozer but also to conserve the paradise in which they
lived from the ravages of tourism's concrete blocks.
June Haimoff fell in love that July morning and she was not going to
relinquish it easily. A solitary female in an Eastern culture, she tells her
story with courage, humour, compassion and, above all, hope for a
future in which all species may live together in harmony.
Previously published in 1997 as Kaptan June and the Turtles, the Second Edition features a new Prologue, two additional Chapters, bringing the story up to date, and an Index.
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