The late businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı, known for their donations to the protection of nature and the environment in Turkey and in different parts of the world, donated to the Sea Change Project organization, which has worldwide activities, especially in the seas of South Africa, for the protection of the seas that cover a large part of our world and their environment. For the donation, a certificate of appreciation was presented to Nurten and Uğur Tatlıcı by the organization.

We support all efforts to protect the seas

“The documentary movie “My Octopus Teacher” that I watched had a profound effect on me. Filled with danger, drama and destructive emotions, this documentary is a gripping portrait of the human-animal understanding, capturing the audience with its eight arms and changing its camouflage to show us colors and textures we have never seen before. The Great African Sea Forest, which hosts this documentary, is an underwater wonder and the only giant bamboo kelp forest on our planet that is home to otherworldly creatures, astonishing abundance and rich biodiversity. Unlike many kelp forests that shrink, change, and disappear, the Great African Sea Forest is thought to be growing. We have tried to support these important works for the protection of our seas that cover our world as much as we can,”  Uğur Tatlıcı stated, regarding the donation.

The Sea Change Project

The Sea Change Project is an organization of media and science professionals dedicated to connecting people to the wilderness through incredible stories backed by scientific knowledge. Its aim is to contribute to the long-term protection of South Africa’s marine environment by making the Great African Marine Forest a global icon. Its work includes movies, books, exhibits, marine biology research through living science, and impact campaigns.

Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck founded the Sea Change Trust in 2012. Through hundreds of hours of underwater exploration, they and the Sea Change team have come to understand this unique environment and the community of creatures that lives within it. They also support the call to sustainably increase South Africa’s marine protected areas (MPAs).

The team’s discoveries have led to a groundbreaking sequence in the BBC’s Blue Planet II TV series; an outdoor photography exhibition seen by an estimated 1 million people; the book Sea Change (released globally as Underwater Wild in November 2021); and a documentary feature movie, My Octopus Teacher.