Sadun Boro
{{short description|Turkish sailor and navigator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Sadun Boro
|image = 2021 09 20 Sadun Boro.jpg
|caption = statue of Sadun and Oda Boro in Kalamış, Kadıköy, Istanbul
|birth_date = 1928
|birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|06|05|1928|01|01}}
|death_place = Marmaris, Turkey
|known_for = First Turkish global circumnavigation
|occupation =
|spouse = Oda Boro
|children = 1 (daughter)
|monuments = Monument of Global Circumnavigation in Kadıköy, Istanbul
|nationality = Turkish
|education = Textile engineering
|alma_mater = University of Manchester
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}}
Sadun Boro (1928 – 5 June 2015) was the first Turkish amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing.
Early years
Sadun Boro was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1928. He spent his childhood at Caddebostan neighborhood of Kadıköy, Istanbul, on the coast of Sea of Marmara. He changed his rowing boat with a sailboat as soon as he became a high school student.
He finished Galatasaray High School in 1948, and went to the United Kingdom to study textile engineering at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
In 1952, Boro made his first ocean voyage from British Islands to the Caribbean Islands on the {{convert|11|m|ft|abbr=on}}-long sailboat Ling together with an Englishman. The story of his travel that lasted six months was published in serial format in the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, and was compiled in his book titled Bir Hayalin Peşinde (literally: In Pursuit of a Dream) later in 2004.
Later years
Between 1977 and 1979, Sadun Boro sailed with his wife and then-eight-year-old daughter Deniz to the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States. After 1980, he settled down in Bodrum and Gökova, known for its idyllic coasts full of forests and turquoise sea.
He devoted himself to the protection of nature at the Turkish Riviera, in particular in Gökova, Göcek and Fethiye. Boro aimed to instil love for nature and sea to young people with his articles published in newspapers and journals. As a lover of Gökova, he had a mermaid statue erected with an inscription atop a rock in the middle of Okluk Bay. The inscription reads Boro's words as "This mermaid has traveled many seas and horizons to find the heaven that she dreamed of. She traveled continents, islands and bays, until she reached Gökova." His latest book, titled Vira Demir (Turkish for "Haul Up the Anchor"), is a guide for sailors.
Boro donated his sloop Kısmet, he sailed 46-year long about {{convert|150000|nmi|mi km}} with, to the Rahmi M. Koç Museum, a museum in Istanbul dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications, which was founded by the wealthy businessman Rahmi Koç, who also circumnavigated the globe between 2004 and 2006.
Sadun Boro lived in Okluk Bay, Gökova on board his catamaran named Son Bahar (Turkish for "Autumn" or "Last Spring").
Illness and death
Sadun Boro was diagnosed with bladder cancer a couple of years ago. He was first treated in Marmaris, where he lived, and then transferred to the American Hospital in Istanbul. However, he was airlifted by helicopter back to Muğla on 14 May 2015 as he wished to spend his rest of life on board of his sailboat.
At 9:15 hours local time on 5 June 2015, he died at age 87 in the intensive care unit of a hospital at Marmaris, where he was taken into three days before. His last will was to be buried under the pine, to which his sailboat is secured mooring at İngilizlimanı (literally: English Harbor) in Gökova. For its realization, a cabinet decision is necessary. He was interred in Karacasöğüt Cemetery in Marmaris following a memorial tour in the bays of the Turkish Riviera he admired on board of his catamaran Son Bahar accompanied by many boats and vessels of the Turkish Coast Guard and a frigate of the Turkish Navy.
He was survived by his wife Oda and his daughter Deniz (Turkish for "Sea").
Works
- {{cite book |title=Bir Hayalin Peşinde : Yarım Asır Evvel Bir Atlantik Serüveni |author=Boro, Sadun |publisher=Ege Yayınları |date=November 2011 |pages=200 |isbn=9789758070947 }}
- {{cite book |title=Pupa Yelken - Kısmet'in Dünya Seyahati |language=Turkish |author=Boro, Sadun |publisher=Denizler Kitabevi |year=2010 |place=Istanbul |pages=423 |isbn=978-975-807-1678 }}
- {{cite book |title=Vira Demir - İstanbul'dan İskenderun'a Denizciler |language=Turkish |author=Boro, Sadun |publisher=Ege Yayınları |year=2010 |place=Istanbul |pages=524 |isbn=978-994-426-4242 }}
References
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{{cite news |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/unlu-turk-denizci-sadun-boro-gundem-2069637/ |newspaper=Milliyet |title=Ünlü Türk denizci Sadun Boro hayatını kaybetti |date=2015-06-05 |language=Turkish |access-date=2015-06-06 }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/29200869.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Ünlü Türk denizci Sadun Boro hayatını kaybetti (Sadun Boro kimdir?) |author=Sarıipek, Mustafa |date=2015-06-05 |language=Turkish |access-date=2015-06-06 }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/sadun-boro-kimdir--gundem-2069638/ |newspaper=Milliyet |title=Sadun Boro kimdir? |date=2015-06-06 |language=Turkish |access-date=2015-06-06 }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/first-turk-to-sail-around-the-world-dies-at-87.aspx?pageID=517&nID=83527&NewsCatID=341 |newspaper=Hürriyet Daily News |title=First Turk to sail around the world dies at 87 |date=2015-06-05 |access-date=2015-06-06 }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/sadun-boro-son-kez-koylardaydi-gundem-2071124/ |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Sadun Boro son kez koylardaydı |date=2015-06-08 |language=Turkish |access-date=2015-06-16 }}
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Category:Writers from Istanbul
Category:Galatasaray High School alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Category:Engineers from Istanbul
Category:Circumnavigators of the globe
Category:21st-century travel writers
Category:Turkish travel writers