Anamur
A dead monk seal was found at Anamur. Advanced decomposition prevented a necropsy.
Source: Harun Güçlüsoy / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
Found 14 Apr 2005 · AnamurTürkiye · Mediterranean Sea
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Read recent published observations from Türkiye. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.
Çeşme
A dead juvenile monk seal was found at Alaçatı. Advanced decomposition prevented a necropsy.
Source: Harun Güçlüsoy / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
Found 2 Mar 2005 · ÇeşmeDilek Peninsula
Fishers found a debilitated adult male monk seal stranded at Dil Lake. Responders assessed him the next day; he later died during treatment.
Source: Harun Güçlüsoy / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
Found 28 Jan 2005 · Dilek PeninsulaBozyazı
A dead adult female monk seal was found at Gözsüzce village. Necropsy suggested drowning, possibly after fishing gear entanglement.
Source: Harun Güçlüsoy / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
Found 5 Dec 2004 · BozyazıAliağa
A young female monk seal later called Yeşim was found weak on the Çandarlı Gulf coast. SAD-AFAG treated her on site, and she returned to the sea; later survival was uncertain.
Source: SAD-AFAG field report
22 Apr 2004 · AliağaKuşadası
An adult female monk seal was found dead on the Kuşadası coast. The field paper reports head trauma.
Source: Güçlüsoy et al. (2004), field table
Recorded 28 Nov 2002 · KuşadasıÇeşme
A female monk seal pup was recorded dead near Çeşme. The authors attributed death to entanglement and drowning.
Source: Güçlüsoy et al. (2004), field table
Recorded 18 Nov 2002 · ÇeşmeKaraburun
Researchers recovered the remains of a newborn female monk seal pup underwater at Aslan Burnu. This is a dead finding; the exact death date is unknown.
Source: N. Ozan Veryeri / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
Found 7 Jul 2002 · KaraburunDatça
Researchers recorded a dead juvenile monk seal on the Datça Peninsula. Cause of death was not established.
Source: Güçlüsoy et al. (2004), field table
Recorded 23 Mar 2002 · DatçaMordoğan
Researchers encountered a newborn monk seal pup with its mother during cave checks. Three female seals were also seen outside the cave at different times that day; overlapping identities prevent a total count.
Source: SAD-AFAG field team in The Monachus Guardian
5 Oct 2001 · MordoğanMordoğan
A dead juvenile female monk seal was recorded at Mordoğan. The authors attribute death to entanglement and drowning.
Source: Güçlüsoy et al. (2004), field table
Recorded 26 Jan 2001 · MordoğanMordoğan
A female monk seal pup was recorded dead at Mordoğan. The record is a carcass finding, not a live encounter.
Source: Güçlüsoy et al. (2004), field table
Recorded 5 Nov 2000 · Mordoğan