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Offline Old Daffodil

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« Reply #1430 on: July 04, 2010, 09:55:04 AM »
Why would the British resent the Russians? It is good to read an opinion of a Russian person on the forum. This is not a forum just for British people,just the language is English. Hallo Andrew R!:D
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« Reply #1431 on: July 04, 2010, 10:35:15 AM »
Reading the article on Land of Lights brought a well of tears from me. Well done everyone for standing up to be counted. You should all be very very proud!

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« Reply #1432 on: July 04, 2010, 11:02:30 AM »
Have just sent pictures of us being intimidated to the Turkish tourist board. Hopefully they will see what a bad impression this concrete sink is having on tourists, thanks for the link.

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« Reply #1433 on: July 04, 2010, 11:35:42 AM »
Returned yesterday after a month in Fethiye and was fortunate enough to have marched last Friday in Hisaranou. We had the great privilege to  stand shoulder to shoulder with some fine people. I can honestly say it was one of the most powerful moments I have ever experienced and found the commitment of the organisers and fellow supporters truly inspirational, thank you everyone it was a great honour to share the evening with you all.

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« Reply #1434 on: July 04, 2010, 11:43:24 AM »
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Originally posted by AndyLin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/mid_wales/10489731.stm

This how dolphins should be.


you are right and if there had not been so much trawling in the bay of Fethiye, maybe they would be a more common sight here, but alas it seems those days are gone!

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« Reply #1435 on: July 04, 2010, 15:35:49 PM »
Somebody has taken it upon themselves to put posters on lamp posts in Hisaronu advertizing a public meeting.

In Turkey, this is ILLEGAL without permission which takes several weeks to arrange if you are a foreigner and requires the permission of the Jandarma.

Our advice is - Do Not Attend.

Emotions are naturally running high which is totally understandable but a process of negotiations has started and legal action will commenece in the very forseeable future.

It is important that nothing is done to undermine or detract from these processes.

Expect an update later in the week and in the meantime if people really want to do something they can talk to everyone they know and tell them the following.

The Dolphin Park only has a licence to sell snacks from its kiosk - nothing else.

Anyone who swims with the Dolphins

- is taking part in an illegal activity

- will not be covered by either their own insurance or public liability insurance in the event of an accident

- is putting themselves at risk by swimming in water that has not been tested not even once, and is probably rife with ecoli, listeria and salmonella never mind other undesirables

- will have no means of redress in the event they are hurt in any way because without the license there is no health and safety management and no accountability.

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« Reply #1436 on: July 04, 2010, 15:42:26 PM »
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Originally posted by Dolphin Angels


The Dolphin Park only has a licence to sell snacks from its kiosk - nothing else.






I hope no one bothers to use the kiosk for snack and refreshments either.

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« Reply #1437 on: July 04, 2010, 16:38:11 PM »
I have emailed Take A Break  Hopefully they will do more to the cause as they featured a story for me a couple of years ago.  I have emailed the Mayor also as I was one of a group of teaching staff invited to visit schools in and around fethiye and promoted Turkey as a developing country for tourism and sport from back home.

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« Reply #1438 on: July 04, 2010, 17:43:02 PM »
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Originally posted by valleyboy

Returned yesterday after a month in Fethiye and was fortunate enough to have marched last Friday in Hisaranou. We had the great privilege to  stand shoulder to shoulder with some fine people. I can honestly say it was one of the most powerful moments I have ever experienced and found the commitment of the organisers and fellow supporters truly inspirational, thank you everyone it was a great honour to share the evening with you all.



I have just returned from a 4 week stay in Uzumlu and I too took part in the procession, one of the most moving moments of my life, and as we all linked hands around this disgraceful site it was a privilege to link hands with very good friend's of mine from Uzumlu on the one side and four young Turkish lads on the other, a very moving moment , well done everyone.

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« Reply #1439 on: July 04, 2010, 18:11:04 PM »
I have already emailed the story to Take a break Lindylou. They wern't interested. Think they missed out on a great story.




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