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‘Government has stepped up anti-environmental projects during the pandemic’

TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

‘Government has stepped up anti-environmental projects during the pandemic’

Dr. Ahmet Soysal spoke at the TTB’s event titled “Ecological Destruction in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. He raised concerns that the government saw the pandemic as an opportunity to step up its environmentally controversial projects.

Environmental Groups Call for Halt of Coal-Fired Plant Project in Adana

Environmental Groups Call for Halt of Coal-Fired Plant Project in Adana

One out of every five deaths in the Mediterranean city occur due to causes related to air pollution, the groups say.

Local Newspaper Repels Compensation Claim

Local Newspaper Repels Compensation Claim

A court in Istanbul dismissed a compensation claim of more than € 30,000 filed against Günlük Evrensel newspaper. The court decreed that the local daily did not target the TÜPRAG Company by covering environmental damage caused by the Ovacık Gold Mine.

1 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

"Do not Touch Salaçur!"

CAN UĞUR BİRYOL REPORTS

"Do not Touch Salaçur!"

After the heart of the Black Sea region could not be protected from power plants, now another section with special natural features is being turned into a molehill. Buldozers are running over Salaçur (Aksu) Valley in the Erzurum district of İspir.

5 November 2009 Can Uğur Biryol

Smoke-free Air Space? What About Dilovası and Yatağan?

AN EYE ON THE INDUSTRY

Smoke-free Air Space? What About Dilovası and Yatağan?

Environmental engineer Tuncaelli says, "If the 'smoke-free air space' slogan is meant to be supported, before the cigarette ban it is much more important to reduce air pollution caused by the industry."

22 July 2009 Emine Özcan

Istanbulites Protest against Planned Third Bridge

Istanbulites Protest against Planned Third Bridge

Around two thousand people gathered and marched against the construction of a third bridge across the Bosphorus in Istanbul.

19 July 2009 Emine Özcan