Eighty-three days after paddling out of Istanbul, 57-year-old former air force officer Halil Uzel has reached the western province of Muğla’s Bodrum district on his 5-meter canoe, bringing a decade-long dream to life while inspiring youth to embrace sea sports.

A kayaker who set out from Istanbul to travel Türkiye’s 8,333-kilometer (5,178-mile) coastline in a bid to draw attention to the country’s coasts,...

Eighty-three days after paddling out of Istanbul, 57-year-old former air force officer Halil Uzel has reached the western province of Muğla’s Bodrum district on his 5-meter canoe,…