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Turkey's beaches rank fourth in world
The Clean Environment, Green world, Blue Sea
campaign has been launched with the cooperation of
the Turkey Environment Education Association (TÜRÇEV)
and the daily Hürriyet.
Turkey, with its 235 blue flag beaches, ranked
fourth in the world following Spain, Greece and
France said İzmir Governor Cahit Kıraç at the
conference. İzmir, with its 23 beaches in the
districts of Selçuk, Özdere, Gümüldür, Çeşme,
Karaburun, Foça and Dikili, has some 10 percent of
all shorelines in Turkey flying the blue flag, said
Kıraç.
There are 33 countries all over the world
implementing the blue flag system. The practice is
important toward sustaining the environment. There
are 27 criteria for blue flag beaches and some 22
criteria for blue flag marinas. Blue flag standards
include environmental education and information
studies, supplying high quality swimming water,
environmental management and securing the safety of
lives, said Kıraç.
While Turkey was seventh in the world in 2006 with
its 192 beaches and 10th with its 14 marinas, it
ranked fourth with its 235 beaches and maintained
its 10th rank with its 14 marinas in 2007.
Turkey has the opportunity to achieve more with its
long coastlines, Hürriyet's İzmir representative
Hakan Tartan said, adding: We should not forget that
when a tourist comes to our country, she/he will be
a source of information for other potential
tourists. Our duty is to make them remember Turkey
with pleasant memories and the blue flag is an
important guarantee of a clean and safe environment.
I hope we will surround all the beaches of Turkey
with blue flags.
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