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Tuğçe Yılmaz

“They are trying to criminalize the struggle to protect nature”

DURSUN ALİ KOYUNCU:

“They are trying to criminalize the struggle to protect nature”

The arrest of Dursun Ali Koyuncu, a leading figure in the ecological struggle in Artvin in northeastern Turkey, is yet another example of repression targeting environmental defenders in Turkey. The area licensed to mining has reached 70% of the province, while citizens continue to protect nature in the face of all manners of repression.

24 December 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Lack of environmental impact report requirements threatens ecosystem in Dersim

Lack of environmental impact report requirements threatens ecosystem in Dersim

In Dersim, nine projects have received "environmental impact assesment not required" decisions in the last year. Ecology presenters stated that these decisions are against the law.

24 December 2024 Duygu Kıt

Cevat Baran Çaydaş

Widescale gold exploration license raises concerns in Zonguldak

Widescale gold exploration license raises concerns in Zonguldak

Villagers have launched a legal challenge, citing concerns about the harmful effects of substances like cyanide on their hazelnut crops and water sources.

24 December 2024 Cevat Baran Çaydaş

Esmer Değirmen

Is it possible to revitalize the Marmara Lake?

Is it possible to revitalize the Marmara Lake?

The court case on the transformation of the Marmara Lake in the Gölmarmara District of Manisa Province in the west of Turkey has concluded in favour of environmental activists. We asked experts whether it was possible for the lake to be rehabilitated back to its former ecological state.

23 December 2024 Esmer Değirmen

Medine Mamedoğlu

Journalism amid male-state violence: Keep writing!

DEFENDING JOURNALISM - 5

Journalism amid male-state violence: Keep writing!

The many challenges that come with being Kurdish, being a woman, and being a journalist—which my women colleagues will understand all too well—have not diminished in the past ten years.

22 December 2024 Medine Mamedoğlu

Konya sinkholes: The harbinger of a food crisis

Konya sinkholes: The harbinger of a food crisis

Climate change and uncontrolled groundwater usage are exacerbating the sinkhole threat in Turkey's "breadbasket." Farmland and residential areas are at risk, and experts warn that a major food crisis is imminent.

20 December 2024 Ali Dinç

Underwater video reveals return of 'sea snot' in Marmara Sea

Underwater video reveals return of 'sea snot' in Marmara Sea

Three years after the massive marine mucilage outbreak, the phenomenon has returned to Turkey's inland sea, this time observed at depths of 5 to 25 meters.

18 December 2024 Ali Dinç

Abir Naeseh Bilgin

Milleyha: Migratory birds' gateway to Turkey threatened by earthquake debris

Milleyha: Migratory birds' gateway to Turkey threatened by earthquake debris

Milleyha Wetland is not only a shelter and breeding ground for migratory birds, but also has a rich ecosystem with rare plant and animal species. However, the area is under threat due to interventions and rubble dumping after the earthquake.

14 December 2024 Abir Naeseh Bilgin

Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Concrete plant disrupts Hatay’s only greenspace amid post-quake recovery

Nearly two years after the devastating earthquakes, life in Hatay remains far from normal. Concrete plants disrupt agriculture and animal husbandry while encroaching on the city’s few remaining green spaces.

11 December 2024 Burcu Özkaya Günaydın

Barış Terkoğlu

Journalism that will make us say 'it was worth it'

DEFENDING JOURNALISM - 4

Journalism that will make us say 'it was worth it'

Imprisonment, isolation, unemployment, threats, bans, censorship... This is a summary of what I’ve gone through. Yet, I remain hopeful, both for journalism and for my country. Despite everything, the generation I belong to does not give up on writing, reporting, and speaking out.

9 December 2024 Barış Terkoğlu

İnan Kızılkaya

Journalism: Self-defense of society

DEFENDING JOURNALISM - 3

Journalism: Self-defense of society

Since the matter at hand was news, you could have asked me about it, and I would have defended it. But I didn’t hear a single question related to any news report in any hearing. No question or accusation was made based on the data of any published article.

6 December 2024 İnan Kızılkaya

The digital darkness of suppression

DEFENDING JOURNALISM - 2

The digital darkness of suppression

Many corporations now aspire to be untouchable, deeply disturbed by their mistakes being exposed to the public or reported in the media.

17 November 2024 Çiğdem Toker

The persistence in journalism

DEFENDING JOURNALISM - 1

The persistence in journalism

They are carrying out a memory-wiping operation, erasing our reports to cover up their wrongdoings. And in doing so, they leave behind scandals that are as glaring as the actions they attempt to hide...

16 November 2024 İsmail Arı