Nine swimmers, ages 33 to 60 including Erman Akkaya, Temel Yakşi, Nükhet Atilgan, Mehmet Hilmi Soylu, Pelin Çelik, Zafer Özdem, Deniz Kayadelen, Burçak Tümay Pekel, and Murat Meto, swam 91.27 km from Northern Cyprus to the Turkish mainland in 37 hours 30 minutes.
