In ANTALYA’s Demre district, boats were used to take scholars to university on islands and peninsulas that experience now not had highway transportation for a few years. Each day, scholars commute a complete of five kilometers, 2 kilometers of which is through sea, to visit college.
In Demre B.C. Kaleköy, which is the peninsula-shaped a part of the Üçağız District within the Kekova area, referred to as a Lycian village the place human existence has existed because the 4th century, draws native and international vacationers annually with its ancient and herbal values akin to its ancient sunken town, distinctive bays, Seljuk structure and ancient citadel. It hosts 1000’s of visitors. Kaleköy, which was once a fishing village the place Greeks and Turks lived in combination in pre-Republican occasions, has nowadays became a vacationer heart that may most effective be reached through sea. Yacht and boat excursions are arranged to Kaleköy on a daily basis from Demre, Kaş and Üçağız. Kaleköy may be probably the most preventing issues for luxurious yachts on a blue voyage.
For the reason that present college in Kaleköy, with a inhabitants of round 120, was once closed because of the low choice of scholars, scholars were in a position to achieve colleges within the Çevreli District through boat, the use of a transportation device, for 18 years. Since there’s no highway connection, scholars move to university through sea through boat rented through the District Directorate of Nationwide Schooling annually via comfortable.
THERE ARE 2 STUDENTS THIS YEAR
The boat, which has been taking scholars from Salaş Pier in Sahil Kılınçlı District, sometimes called ‘Aperlai’, in Kaş for 18 years, goes most effective to Kaleköy this 12 months. Each and every morning, the boat departs at 07.50 and reaches Kaleköy after a 2-kilometer sea adventure. The boat, which takes secondary college scholars Ömür Karataş and Pınar Demirel from the port in Kaleköy, returns to the port in Üçağız and disembarks the scholars. Scholars take the college bus that waits right here and collects youngsters from different neighborhoods and move to Çevreli Bozoğlu-Tarkun Secondary Faculty, which is roughly 3 kilometers away. Likewise, on the finish of college, scholars come to the port through college bus and go back to their houses in Kaleköy after a adventure of roughly 15-20 mins through boat.
HE HAS BEEN CARRYING THE SAME CAPTAIN FOR 17 YEARS
The boat delivery from Kaleköy, which has been happening for 18 years, has been performed through captain Mehmet Ekici for the final 17 years. Mentioning that the District Directorate of Nationwide Schooling organizes a young for boat transportation annually and that he has been doing this activity for the final 17 years, Captain Ekici stated that he has been sporting the entire scholars of the village together with his boat for 17 years and that lots of them have long past to college and a few of them are medical doctors, attorneys and lecturers. Ekici said that the kids’s college adventure at sea takes 15-20 mins relying at the climate, and famous that they don’t set out in stormy and dangerous climate.
STUDENTS ARE SATISFIED
Pınar Demirel, probably the most scholars who lives in Kaleköy, the place 1000’s of native and international vacationers come annually for boat excursions to seek advice from the traditional town of Simena, sometimes called the sunken town, and the original nature and bays in Kekova and Üçağız areas, and is going to the ocean on a daily basis to visit college, is 8 years previous this 12 months. He will the ‘th grade. Demirel stated, “I are living in Kaleköy and we move to university through sea transportation. It is vitally comfy, very stunning. I’ve been going to university through boat for 8 years. In unhealthy climate, we every now and then quilt the tarpaulin and move.”
Ömür Karataş, who said that he was once within the seventh grade, stated that they took the boat provider at 08.30 and went to Üçağız. Explaining that the environment of the boat had been closed when the elements was once chilly, Karataş said that they every now and then had difficulties within the adventure.
Haber-Kamer: Mehmet ÇINAR- Semih ERSÖZLER/ANTALYA,
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