Tristan is planning for a 4000 km walk across Turkey, see his blog at: http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/about-me/
I saw the interesting idea that Tristan Reid is doing to highlight his great fund-raising and media-rising trek for wildlife in Turkey and noticed a slither of Cyprus (!!!) below Anatolia (see below). Logos sporting maps of countries are very interesting and I share this here just to outline the sensitivity they may inspire.
I wrote:
Hey Tristan, did you get my message about slightly altering your Logo to remove that tiny slip showing "Northern Cyprus" (which is NOT part of Turkey-and may create severe resentment in the region...). I sincerely hope you will care about this; it is serious for us who work/live in Cyprus.
He wrote:
Stamatis; the logo for my Turkish project was never meant to be political. I apologise for any offense caused by the inclusion of 'Northern Cyprus' within the logo. I am happy to remove the island section from my logo and hope that this action does not offend anyone! The aim of my project is a positive one, I aim to celebrate Turkey's amazing and globally significant wildlife to help raise awareness and hopefully inspire more people to want to look after it.This is Tristan's logo before the change..
I wish Tristan good luck on this amazing "feet"! I am sure it will become really big news. I hope we can immitate this kind of athletic event elsewhere in our region. Thanks Tristan!
