The General Directorate of Forestry has announced that 19 forest blazes were intervened in throughout the country on August 7.

In the third month of Kavaklık resistance raised by the students of METU against the construction of a state dormitory on poplar woods at their campus, the District Municipality of Çankaya has taken down minutes for the demolition of unauthorized buildings.

The Havaist bus providing passenger transportation to the new İstanbul Airport had an accident in Büyükçekmece district, claiming the life of one person. In İstanbul’s Eyüp district, an earth-moving truck rolled over, closing the airport road to traffic.

Destructing the nature in Ida Mountains for gold, the Canada-based Alamos Gold company CEO McCluskey has spoken to Reuters. “I believe this whole attack is just an environmental cloak being put over what is really a deep political agenda”, he has said.

One person went missing during the rescue efforts for three people who were stuck in a car.

After President Erdoğan said Turkey will "enter the east of the Euphrates," Esper stated that it would be unacceptable.

AKP's Turan has said that the Alamos Gold firm from Canada has planted 14 thousand saplings and he wished the company could "manage the process" better.

The state says 13,400 trees have been cut down, the TEMA Foundation says 195 thousand. An academic has said the information on how many trees have been topped is unclear and shared his calculation.

"My mother has known about my strikes from my social media and she was afraid for me. My father heard from some relatives, who have read an article about my strikes. Then there was an unpleasant conversation," says Makichyan.

Isparta Administrative Court has announced its interim decision in the lawsuit against the tender for the construction of a "nation's garden" near Lake Salda.

“The Great Water and Conscience Meeting” has been held in Çanakkale today as part of the “Water and Conscience Watch” that the local people and environmental activists have been keeping to protest the mining activities in Ida Mountains since July 26.

Artist Zülfü Livaneli has penned an open letter addressing UNESCO and expressed his concerns over the destruction of trees in Ida Mountains for a gold mine. “They will destroy this beautiful paradise”, Livaneli has warned.

The belongings that refugees left before taking boats to the shores of Greek islands are on display in an exhibition in Kuşadası, Aydın.

The Hasankeyf Coordination has shared satellite imagery of the Ilısu Dam reservoir and said that millions of living beings, including endemic species, are in danger.

Wild animals have been photographed and videotaped in their natural environment with 12 camera and video traps of Eastern Anatolia Directorate of Forestry Research Institute.

Speaking at the discussion panel on removal of Syrian refugees, representatives from non-governmental organizations have emphasized that the practices in question are against the law.

The tender for the construction of a "nation's garden" near Lake Salda has been postponed for a week for the evaluation of the bids.

"We have taken action against 12 thousand irregular immigrants in the last 15 days," Migration Management head Ayaz has said.

Intervening against the protest for ancient city of Hasankeyf, the police and soldiers have stated that the slogan of “Hasankeyf is history, lay claim to your history” has been forbidden and detained at least 10 people.

HDP MP Çelik has directed a parliamentary question to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry about the repeating fires in the southeastern Mardin province.