PROFILES OF SOME BEACHES ON COASTAL BATHING WATERS OF TURKEY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

摘要

Turkish tourism has been rapidly developing in recent years in terms of volume, value, and physical investments. Tourism not only provides an additional income to the economy of the country and increases the inflow of foreign currency, but also affects the environment in many ways such as increases in transportation, use of resources and pollution. Briefly, a significant increase in human population can cause serious problems in sensitive environments such as coastal areas. In this study, the profiles of five beaches located in the most important coastal cities in Turkey whose tourism revenue has greatly increased in recent years were identified, and the residential areas around these beaches, and the geological structure, hydrology were explained and microbial water quality properties (total and fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci) were statistically evaluated. As a result, it is considered that the beaches are the most important tourism icon in the Mediterranean basin, and that great efforts should be made for and attention should be paid to the development of the management strategies of these beaches. Therefore, all the beaches should be carefully monitored as much as possible both in terms of public health and in terms of their impact on the environment.