A boat carrying migrants has sunk off the coast near Muğla's Bodrum, 31 people have been rescued after the incident.

150 thousand people have so far signed the project run by Greenpeace Mediterranean to ban single-use plastics in Turkey. The EU signed the agreement introducing an EU-wide ban on single-use plastics on December 20, 2018.

The government says it planted 4 billion trees in 15 years, while the forestry report says that the number of plants is not what matters.

Police have intervened against the members of HDP Batman Youth Assembly who protested the Ilısu Dam project that will engulf the ancient city of Hasankeyf. HDP Batman MP Acar Başaran has denounced the intervention as “unconstitutional”.

The families who lost their loved ones in Çorlu train derailment in 2018 will appeal to the Constitutional Court against the verdict of non-prosecution previously given for the chief conductor, engine drivers, senior officials and bureaucrats.

Ababay Tosyalı from ILO has said that up to date data is important to direct studies for ending child employment.

Foreseeing that the risk of forest fires will increase as the summer has come, the Ecology Association of Turkey has released a written statement, raising concerns over the fires that break out “from negligence” as well as the ones set on purpose.

Emine Erdoğan presented the project at an event at the presidential palace. A recent report by the WWF revealed that Turkey is the largest polluter of the Mediterranean Sea.

HDP MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the allegations of tuberculosis epidemic among the refugees held in Iğdır Repatriation Center and asked the conditions and medical treatment opportunities of the camp.

Last night's heavy rain showers caused floods in the capital while the State Meteorological Service has warned for a week of heavy rains.

Making an international call for Hasankeyf, which will be engulfed after the filling of Ilısu Dam reservoir, life defenders have underlined that the region is subjected to irreversible and multidimensional destruction as a result of baseless economic interests.

CHP Ankara MP Emir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that the reasons for individual armament be investigated and necessary precautions be taken. Emir has underlined that the rate of unregistered firearms in Turkey is 85 percent.

The cause of the fire could not be determined.

Main opposition MP Bakan has released a statement on the occasion of the World Environment Day, calling everyone to put up a struggle against the climate crisis.

The Municipality of Anamur has poured soil over the 13-kilometer coastline which is both the breeding and spawning area of caretta carettas and African softshell turtles and a natural protected area as per the international conventions and special laws.

Releasing a joint statement for the press on the occasion of June 5 World Environment Day, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Turkey and Greenpeace have raised concerns over the dimensions of air pollution in Turkey and the world.

As the half-matched marrow transplant from her mother Eylem Şen Yazıcı has failed, four-year-old leukemia patient Öykü Arin has been transplanted the marrow of her father Çağdaş Yazıcı, who is also a half-matched donor for the girl.

We wish a happy Ramadan Feast to all Muslim communities who celebrate it.

Archaeologist Sinan Sertel, who was a member of the excavation team working in Olympos Ancient City in Antalya, has been stabbed to death in a dispute that erupted after it was alleged that trees were being cut in the area.

75 civil society organizations from Turkey and the world have made an urgent call for Hasankeyf, which will be engulfed after the filling of Ilısu Dam reservoir starts in June: “It is not too late to save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No filling of the Ilısu Dam Reservoir!”