The Akbelen forest resistance continues despite the Muğla Governorship announcing on August 30 that "the work that started on August 24 has ended." Mount Ida activists called for the governor of Muğla, the former governor of Çanakkale where 350 thousand trees were cut down for a gold mine, to be removed from duty.

Various environmental and nature conservation organizations from different cities, along with music bands, are lending their support to the resistance.

Sefa Önal, who had set the Guinness World Record with 385 of his scenarios shot in movies, died at the age of ninety-two.

"Despite the scientific studies showing that mining brings irreversible damage to the region, the general interest is sacrificed for the benefit of a "dirty energy" management model," the joint appeal says.

The two-year-long protest in the southwestern region has been reignited after authorities resumed cutting down trees to expand a coal mine that supplies coal to nearby thermal power plants. The leader and MPs of the main opposition party also faced protests by locals.

Many commercial fish species are unable to survive at depths greater than 30 meters in Turkey's inland sea due to a significant decrease in oxygen levels, which have dropped to one-fourth of what they were four decades ago, according to data from METU.

bianet asked about the number of girls and the total number of children left out of schooling and if any proceedings are started against the families who do not send their children to school, but the official response given today says it is not appropriate to share such information.

Villagers have been protesting against a coal mine expansion project in the area, which threatens their living spaces and sources of livelihood, including olive groves.

Police detained one person allegedly involved with the cocaine seized at the Mersin International Port on a ship coming from the Guayaquil Port of Ecuador.

İkizköy villagers resisting tree logging that was started in the Akbelen Forest in Milas, Muğla this Monday entered the logging area early in the morning today.

Citizens, especially those with chronic illnesses, the elderly, and children, should be cautious between 11:00 and 16:00 hours, İstanbul Meteorology Regional Directorate Technical Branch Manager Günseli Özgül warned.

The festival to be held in Fındıklı, Rize aims at raising awareness for animal rights. There is going to be panel discussions, workshops, nature tours, concerts in the festival, and the option to stay for the night in the camp.

As the villagers continue their two-year struggle, the eight individuals who were detained yesterday have been released.

Children are receiving free swimming training from coaches and instructors in existing pools and portable pools set up for that purpose.

The treaty, which shaped modern Turkey, recognized Greeks, Armenians, and Jews as official minorities, while leaving Kurds, which is the largest non-Turk ethnic group in the country, without constitutional recognition.

Tree logging started in Akbelen this morning after the sending of gendarmes and water cannon vehicles to the area early in the morning. The gendarme blocked villagers from entering the forest and took three people into custody. The villagers invited everyone to come and defend the Akbelen forest.

Immigration to the country was on the decline as Russians made up the largest immigrating group.

FDA in Taiwan had found cancer-causing nitrofurans in five batches of eggs from Turkey."Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry should investigate the event in detail," says Manisa MP Başevirgen.

In a video circulated on social media, several people in military outfits are seen torturing two individuals who are believed to be refugees.

The governor's office has also instructed the district municipalities to set up and improve animal shelters.