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Onboard surveys results for the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Finike (Anaximander) Seamounts region and adjacent waters
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.28, no.2, pp.240-251, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Cetacean sightings in the Finike Seamounts area and adjacent waters during the surveys in 2021
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.28, no.2, pp.221-239, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Preliminary study on ornithofauna of Finike (Anaximander) Seamounts region and adjacent waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.28, no.2, pp.252-263, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Floating macro litter in the Finike (Anaximander) Seamounts and adjacent waters in the eastern Mediterranean
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.28, no.2, pp.282-299, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Stranding records of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) on the Turkish coast in 2019-2020 with a note on the opportunistic sampling of stomach content
Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol.27, no.3, pp.281-293, 2021 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
First record of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) stranding on the northern Aegean Sea coast of Turkey
Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol.26, no.2, pp.223-230, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings in Cyprus from social media
Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, no.26, pp.238-248, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
First sighting of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in the northern Aegean Sea
Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol.26, no.1, pp.106-111, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)


An unusual interaction between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.23, no.3, pp.222-228, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The first record of True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey during multiple strandings in June 2016
JOURNAL OF THE BLACK SEA/MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT, no.22, pp.194-199, 2016 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The first record of True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey during multiple strandings in June 2016
JOURNAL OF THE BLACK SEA/MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT, no.22, pp.194-199, 2016 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015
J. Black Sea/Mediterr. Environ., vol.21, pp.232-237, 2015 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey
J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.21, no.2, pp.232-237, 2015 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Preliminary report of a conjoined bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calf stranded on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey
J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, vol.20, pp.274-279, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Towards the Turkish Antarctic science programme.
JOURNAL OF THE BLACK SEA/MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT, vol.20, pp.92-95, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
A proposal for new marine protected areas along the Turkish Black Sea coast
Journal of Black Sea /mediterranean Environme, no.19, pp.365-379, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings in the Aegean and Mediterranean part of Turkish waters
J. Black Sea/Mediterr. Environ., no.19, pp.168-176, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Cetacean strandings in the Turkish Western Black Sea coast during 2007-2009
J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, no.18, pp.246-250, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
A proposal for new marine protected areas along the Turkish Black Sea coast.
JOURNAL OF THE BLACK SEA/MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT, no.19, pp.365-379, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Unusual mass mortality of cetaceans on the coast of the Turkish Western Black Sea in summer 2009
JOURNAL OF THE BLACK SEA/MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT, no.18, pp.67-75, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
Assessment of bycatch level for the Black Sea harbour porpoise in the light of new data on population abundance
33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Ashdod, Israel, 5 - 07 April 2022, vol.33, pp.72
First comprehensive density and abundance estimates of cetaceans in the Black Sea through aerial surveys
33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Ashdod, Israel, 5 - 07 April 2022, vol.33, pp.54
ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION OF CETACEANS IN THE SEA OF MARMARA USING LINE-TRANSECT
Marmara Denizi 2022 Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 8 - 09 January 2022, pp.404-409
Genetic investigation on Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris on the coast of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, based on mtDNA sequences
World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9 - 12 December 2019, no.2, pp.924
Comparison of dolphin presence at two locations in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey, by the passive acoustic monitoring system
World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9 - 12 December 2019, no.2, pp.678
Genetic structure of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Turkish waters based on mtDNA sequences
5th Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, İzmir, Turkey, 18 - 20 July 2018, vol.5, pp.20-21
Doğu Akdeniz'deki antropojenik sualtı gürültüsü etkisiyle karaya vuran gagalı balina vakaları
1. Uulusal Denizel Biyoakustik Çalıştayı, Çanakkale, Turkey, 11 June 2018, vol.1, pp.10-11
İstanbul boğazında setaselerin pasif akustik izlenmesinde A-tag kullanımı
1. Uulusal Denizel Biyoakustik Çalıştayı, İstanbul, Turkey, 11 June 2018, vol.1, pp.4-5
Stranding records of Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris on the coast of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, 2016-2017
32. Conference of European Cetacean Society, La Spezia, Italy, 6 - 10 April 2018, vol.32, pp.122
Genetic investigation on the population structure of the harbour porpoises living in Turkish waters by double digest restriction associated DNA (ddRAD) sequencing
32. Conference of European Cetacean Society, La Spezia, Italy, 6 - 10 April 2018, vol.32, pp.79
A conjoined bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calf stranded on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey
29th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, St Julian’S Bay, Malta, 23 - 25 March 2015, pp.99
Genetic structure of harbour porpoises in the Black Sea and adjacent waters: Where do we stand now?
29th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, St Julian’S Bay, Malta, 23 - 25 March 2015, pp.151
Is this the last supper? Green turtles in the stomach content of a Mediterranean monk seal
29th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, St Julian’S Bay, Malta, 23 - 25 March 2015, pp.161
Fine scale habitat sharing between harbor porpoises and delphinids in the Istanbul Strait
29th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, St Julian’S Bay, Malta, 23 - 25 March 2015, vol.29, pp.110
) Occurrence and behavior of delphinids and harbor porpoises at the northern end of the Istanbul Strait, Turkey
28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Liege, Belgium, 5 - 09 April 2014, vol.28, pp.52
Variability of the mitochondrial control region in the populations of the Black Sea harbour porpoise (Phocoenaphocoena relicta) in the Turkish Seas
28th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Liege, Belgium, 5 - 09 April 2014, vol.28, pp.228
Difference in micro habitat use between harbor porpoise and delphinids in the Istanbul Strait
20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Dunedin, New Zealand, 9 - 12 December 2013, pp.109
Passive acoustic monitoring of multiple cetacean species in the Istanbul strait
Seventh Annual Meeting of Fisheries Acoustics Society, AFAS2013, Tokyo, Japan, 5 - 06 November 2013, pp.32
2003-2012 yılları arasında Türkiye’nin Batı Karadeniz kıyılarında karaya vuran yunusları izleme çalışmaları
17. Ulusal Su Ürünleri Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 1 - 04 September 2013, pp.238
Quantitative family classification between Phocoenidae and Delphinidae using simple two-band ratio comparison
6th International Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization, & Density Estimation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 12 - 15 June 2013, pp.10
Cetacean stranding records on the Turkish Western Black Sea coast during September 2010-September 2012
of 27th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Portugal, 1 - 04 April 2013, no.27, pp.389
Difference of biosonar sound characteristics between cetacean species in the Istanbul Strait
13th International Symposium on SEASTAR2000 and Asian Bio-logging Science, Kyoto, Japan, 18 - 19 March 2013, pp.10
Quantitative species identification between harbor porpoise and delphinid by biosonar signals
1st Design Symposium on Conservation of Ecosystem (SEASTAR2000), Kyoto, Japan, 18 - 19 March 2013, pp.10
Cetacean stranding records on the Turkish Western Black Sea coast during September 2009-August 2010 on a amonthly basis
26th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Galway, Ireland, 26 - 28 March 2012, no.26, pp.327
High mortality of harbour porpoise neonates in the southwestern Black Sea in 2010 and 2011
26th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Ireland, no.26, pp.90
Study of cetaceans in Istanbul Strait using passive acoustic method
8th International Symposium on SEASTAR2000 and Asian Biologging Science (The 12th SEASTAR2000 workshop), Bangkok, Thailand, 20 - 21 February 2012, pp.27
Study of cetaceans in Istanbul Strait using passive acoustic monitoring method
the 8th International Symposium on SEASTAR2000 and Asian Biologging Science, Thailand, no.8, pp.27
Coastal Litter Pollution along Sandy Beaches of Turkish Western Black Sea Coast
3rd Bi-annual BS Scientific Conference and UP-GRADE BS-SCENE Project Joint Conference, Odessa, Ukraine, 1 - 04 November 2011, no.3, pp.78

Long-term passive acoustic monitoring of the moving patterns of cetaceans in the Istanbul Strait
25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Cadiz, Spain, 21 - 23 March 2011, no.25, pp.75
Long-term passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the İstanbul Strait
25th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Cadiz, Spain, Spain, 1 - 04 March 2011, no.25, pp.75
Sperm whale sightings in the Turkish part of the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea
24th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Germany, no.24, pp.319
Cetacean sightings in the Aegean Sea in summer 2007 and 2008
23rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, İstanbul, Turkey, 2 - 04 March 2009, no.23, pp.114
Cetacean strandings in the Turkish Straits System (TSS) and the Northern Aegean Sea coast of Turkey during 1999-2008
23rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, İstanbul, Turkey, 2 - 04 March 2009, no.23, pp.123
Cetacean surveys in the Istanbul (Bosphorus) Strait in 2007-2008
23rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Turkey, no.23, pp.29-30
Cetacean strandings in the Turkish western Black Sea coast during spring months in 2003-2005
22nd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society, Egmond Aan Zee, Netherlands, 10 - 12 March 2008, no.22, pp.10
Cetacean Surveys in the Istanbul (Bosphorus) Strait in 2006
22nd Annual Conference of European Cetacean Society, Egmond Aan Zee, Netherlands, 10 - 12 March 2008, no.22, pp.22
Relation between Cetacean and turbot fishery in the western Black Sea-bycatch problem
International Symposium of Protection and Sustainable Management of the Black Sea Ecosystem, Third Millennium Imperative, Constanta, Romania, 29 - 31 October 2007, pp.10

History of dolphin fishery in the Turkish Black Sea during 1970-1983
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic, Ukraine, no.3, pp.438-439

Cetacean stranding on the Turkish coast of the western Black Sea in 2003
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic, Ukraine, no.3, pp.429-440
A fin stranding on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
15th Annual Conference of European Cetacean Society, Rome, Italy, 6 - 10 May 2001, pp.58
Cetacean by-catch in the western coast of the Turkish Black Sea in 1993-1997
XIII. Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Valencia, Spain, 5 - 08 April 1999, pp.258
Books & Book Chapters
Prospects for Marine Protected Areas in the Turkish Black Sea.
in: Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Network Perspective, Goriup P. D., Editor, John Wiley & John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, Uk, London, pp.247, 2017

Cetaceans in the Turkish Waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
in: The Turkish Part
of the Mediterranean Sea; Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries, Conservation and Governance, Turan C, Salihoğlu B, Özgür ÖZBEK E, Öztürk B. , Editor, Tudav, İstanbul, pp.566-571, 2016

PART VI. FISH
in: RED DATA BOOK BLACK SEA, TURKEY, ÖztürkB.,OralM.,, Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.118, 2013
Fishing in the Istanbul Strait (Bosphours).
in: The Turkish Straits, maritime safety, legal and environmental aspects, Oral N., Öztürk B., Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.106-115, 2006
Fishing activities in the Istanbul Strait.
in: THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE STRAITS USED FOR INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION, Öztürk B., Özkan R., Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.174-185, 2002
Ship-originated Pollution in the Turkish Straits System.
in: Proc. Int. Symp. on Regional Seas, Öztürk B., Algan N., Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.86-94, 2001
Problems related to the fisheries and threatened marine species in the Aegean Sea
in: The Aegean Sea 2000: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Aegean Sea, Öztürk B., Editor, Turkish Marine Research Foundation, İstanbul, pp.31-40, 2000