Zeynep Rüçhan Çolpan

”Mermaids meets a group of men who frequent the Bosphorus, a perilous and political body of water where heavy ship traffic, strong currents, and water quality concerns have left it without a public swimming culture. The men call themselves the Sarayburnu Fatihleri (Conquerors of Sarayburnu), a tongue-in-cheek wink to Türkiye’s Ottoman past and a direct reference to their brave swim route from Üsküdar to Sarayburnu, Asia to Europe.