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Erkan, who spent most of his life in the mountains that he considered home in İspir, went to the rural areas of the Upper Fındıklı district of İspir district to camp and feed wildlife on Friday, December 11. Bülent Erkan, who passed through the forest zone about a kilometer from the neighborhood on Sunday, December 13, was captured by the photo trap placed in the forest by the Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. The İspir National Parks and Nature Conservation Directorate, upon seeing the images, filed a criminal complaint against Erkan alleging that he violated the weekend curfew. Erkan, who went to the İspir district gendarmerie station, was fined 789 TL for violating the decision of the Erzurum Provincial Hygiene Board.
‘I DIDN’T DESERVE THIS’
Bulent Erkan, who made a statement while going to the gendarmerie station, stated that he was working as a cleaning officer in İspir municipality and said:
“On Friday, December 11, before the bans started, I camped alone in the Fındıklı neighborhood. I was here on Friday and Saturday. I was roaming the countryside to feed the birds at noon on Sunday. Monday morning I went to the district with the intention that my place would not be prohibited. If I knew that the curfew is also valid for the mountainous area, I would not go to the camp. I always carry a camera in my bag and take photos of nature in the places I go to. I have a licensed registered hunting rifle, but it stays at home because it is broken. I have no hunting license, I do not hunt, I also warn those who hunt. recognize it as. inform students about nature and it would raise awareness in the four corners of Turkey. Üzer I do not accept the accusation about hunting on the mark. I think Turkey is the only person in the photo traps until my curfew violation was caught for the penalty of eating. “
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THE DOCUMENTARY FILM WAS FIRST
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Bülent Erkan, who is a farmer in his village and is also a mountaineer, started working as a cleaning worker in İspir municipality some time ago. Erkan, who has been traveling in the mountains for years, studying the life of creatures in the wild and spending most of the year in the mountains without saying summer or winter, has taken pictures of many creatures such as the bear, the mountain goat , the partridge, the eagle, the hawk, the wolf, the fox, the pig, the rare fish and butterflies. and took his picture. Describing that his interest in natural landscapes and wildlife started at a young age, Erkan’s dream is to make a documentary in the future. Erkan, who was hiding in the wild with his own methods, captured wildlife frame by frame with his camera or photo trap, and even saw wild animals up close because he was hiding so well.
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Bülent Erkan, who especially knows the Kaçkar Mountains like the back of his hand, is also known for protecting the creatures of the region. At the Snow Film Festival organized by the Atatürk University Faculty of Communication, the documentary on the life of Bülent Erkan and the protection of living beings took first place in the 17-minute documentary entitled ‘Son of the Mountains ‘. Erkan is not afraid of living alone in the mountains.
