Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta), as with other sea turtles, females return to lay their eggs on or near the same beach where they hatched. Unlike other sea turtles, courtship and mating usually do not take place near the nesting beach, but rather along the migration routes between feeding and breeding grounds.
The distribution of Carettacaretta includes the coastal parts of lagoons, bays, estuaries and the seas in the temperate and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The nesting areas of Carettacaretta in Turkey are Ekincik, Dalyan, Dalaman, Fethiye, Patara, Kumluca, Belek, Kızılot, Demirtaş, Gazipaşa, Anamur and Göksu Delta (Baran and Kasparek, 1989).
caretta and their habitats via banning their hunt and purchase, as the present situation and importance of these species are slowly recognised.
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