A cafe on the banks of Lake Uluabat. Image. Mr. Yilmaz feeding Yaren and Nazli in his yard. He knows the birds well enough to know when they are full. Soon after, the stork landed on his boat.

The iconic stork named "Yaren" returned for its 13th year, again perching on the boat of fisherman Adem Yılmaz in the rural Eskikaraağaç neighborhood, located on the shores of Lake Uluabat in the ...

One recent morning, Yilmaz rowed into the lake and pulled up his net, dropping small fish into the boat. “Yaren!” he called. The stork took flight, did a loop to surveil the boat and perched ...