Gökova
A camera recorded a Mediterranean monk seal using a monitored dry platform in a Gökova coastal cave for the first time. The exact cave is withheld.
Source: Akdeniz Koruma Derneği monitoring report
24 Mar 2020 · GökovaTürkiye · Mediterranean Sea
Türkiye · stories
From the public record.
Read recent published observations from Türkiye. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.
Kaş
A Mediterranean monk seal moved between the bridge and moored yachts at Kaş Marina around midday. The observer considered it possibly the same seal seen there before; identity is not established.
Source: Demirören Haber Ajansı (DHA)
11 December 2019 · KaşDemre
A monk seal was filmed swimming in Üçağız cove and between the moored yachts. Local boaters thought it might be a previously seen seal, but identity was not verified.
Source: Ahmet Acar / DHA
22 Nov 2019 · DemreDemre
Ergun Dündar filmed one monk seal feeding on a ray off Kaleköy. He considered it likely the animal seen at Üçağız in May, without proof of identity.
Source: Ergun Dündar / DHA
23 Jun 2019 · DemreDemre
A Mediterranean monk seal swam between yachts moored at Üçağız harbour. Later local encounters may have involved the same animal; its identity is unconfirmed.
Source: Ahmet Acar / DHA
31 May 2019 · DemreAkyaka
Another adult monk seal carcass washed up at Akyaka on the same day as the Seferihisar finding. It was too decomposed for necropsy.
Source: Danyer et al. (2018), stranding review
Found 16 Apr 2018 · AkyakaSeferihisar
A dead adult female monk seal was found at Seferihisar and examined by researchers. It was distinct from a carcass washed up at Akyaka the same day.
Source: Danyer et al. (2018), original necropsy report
Found 16 Apr 2018 · SeferihisarDatça
A dead adult female monk seal was found on the Datça coast; the research team necropsied it on 9 March.
Source: Danyer et al. (2018), original necropsy report
Found 7 Mar 2018 · DatçaAntalya
Another dead monk seal pup was reported from the Kaleiçi area and buried without necropsy. This was separate from the carcass found on 25 November.
Source: Danyer et al. (2018), stranding review
Found 26 Nov 2017 · AntalyaAntalya
A dead female monk seal pup was found at Kaleiçi. Researchers later necropsied this carcass and found heavy intestinal nematode infestation.
Source: Danyer et al. (2018), original necropsy report
Found 25 Nov 2017 · AntalyaGazipaşa
A live monk seal pup was found on the beach at Muzkent. It died the following day during response efforts; that later death is not another sighting.
Source: İhlas Haber Ajansı / Anadolu Ajansı
Found 25 Sep 2016 · GazipaşaKarabiga
SAD-AFAG researchers observed and filmed an adult female Mediterranean monk seal from a clifftop near Karabiga. They identified and named her Özgecan.
Source: Cem O. Kıraç / SAD-AFAG
20 Feb 2015 · Karabiga