Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı sponsored the activities of cleaning the Aegean Sea from the liquid waste within the framework of the cooperation project developed with the motto of “Live Blue, Love Blue, Think Blue” with the TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which carries out important works to keep our seas clean.
Uğur Tatlıcı, who is known for his consciousness of nature and environmental protection and his support to activities in this direction, sponsored the project started with the slogan “Live Blue, Love Blue, Think Blue”by the TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which has been known for its activities for keeping our seas clean for many years, in order to prevent the pollution in our Aegean Sea caused by the liquid wastes especially discharged by boats.
Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı sponsored TURMEPA’sClean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4 liquid waste collection boats
Uğur Tatlıcı made the following statements regarding the sponsored project: “We continue to support activities aimed at protecting nature and the environment. We wanted to add a new chapter to these with this cooperation we developed with TURMEPA Clean Sea Association. The association is a civilian initiative that has been working on keeping our seas clean for many years and is sponsored by our country’s leading big companies. We, too, wanted to support them in preventing the pollution created by disposing of the liquid wastes of many domestic and foreign boats visiting the natural wonders of the Aegean Sea, especially in the summer months.”
“Boats visiting our seas and coasts do not follow the rules”
“We sponsored CleanSea 3 and CleanSea 4 liquid waste collection boats in Marmaris Hisarönü and Marmaris Bay, respectively.These boats will take on an important task in keeping our seas clean by collecting the liquid wastes of the boats visiting the areasin the region where these liquid waste collection boats work.Unfortunately,not following the requisite rules, the vast majority of boats visiting our seas and coasts discharge their liquid waste to the coastal areas of our seas, although they have to discharge at the liquid waste collection stations in the marinas or 6 nautical miles outside.”
Uğur Tatlıcı: “The Clean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4 boats that we sponsor will collect 1,200,000 liters of wastewater.”
“In order to prevent this, the liquid waste collection boats named Clean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4, which we sponsor, will prevent 1 million 200 thousand liters of sewage and bilge waste from leaking into our seas in the 2013 summer season. We are planning to continue our cooperation with TURMEPA Clean Sea Association to keep our seas clean with the support we will give further.”
TURMEPA Clean Sea Association
TURMEPA Clean Sea Association is a non-governmental initiative that was established on April 8, 1994, under the founding chairmanship of Rahmi Koç, with the aim of protecting the seas and coastal areas of our country by the Chamber of Shipping and sea lovers.With the projects it has implemented over time, TURMEPA, which has achieved effectiveness known by the wider public in our country and the international arena, has become the leading marine-oriented non-governmental organization of our country with the support of its sponsors.TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which also received the support of international organizations operating in this field, gained the status of public-benefit association with the decision of the Council of Ministers on June19, 2000.
