528 Guests For Carettas

Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race will be held on 29 April. A total of 528 swimmers will participate in the event, promoted as “Swimming with the Caretta Carettas”.

The entries for the Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race were closed on 30 March, and 528 swimmers were qualified to take part. The event is scheduled to start on Sunday morning, 29 April, from the İztuzu Beach where the Caretta Caretta sea turtles go ashore to lay their eggs. The participants will make a turn around Delikada, the island across the beach, and swim back to where they started.

In the race organized in 12 age categories, Hüseyin Levent Aksüt, who has turned 88 last month, will be the oldest participant. The youngest of the entrants is Ceyda Şevval Çelenli who will be 14 next July.

Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race is staged by Dalyan İztuzu Tourism and Introduction Foundation, and the timing services are provided by Depar Timing.