Releasing a written statement, a group of health organizations in Turkey have underlined that vaccine hesitancy and vaccine rejection are not personal decisions, but preferences far from having any scientific basis and, thereby, put the public health in jeopardy.

According to a report released by the Greenpeace East Asia, Turkey’s import of plastic waste from other countries has increased fivefold. Turkey’s import of waste from the UK has exceeded 10 thousand tons as of October 2018.

Making a statement for the press in front of Çorlu Courthouse in Tekirdağ, the families of 25 people who lost their lives in Çorlu train accident in July 2018 have announced that they will start standing a justice watch as of April 19.

After 46 dogs and 2 cats were found dead in the capital city of Ankara last week, four other dogs have been found dead in an empty field in Çankaya, Ankara. Sausages containing chemical substances have been found in the vicinity.

The Extinction Rebellion campaigners have staged protests around the world to draw attention to the “sixth mass extinction.” In Turkey, demonstrators demanded the government to put the Paris Climate Agreement into effect.

A new report on air pollution in Turkey reveals that the authorities "try to solve the problem of air pollution by reducing the number of stations that measure the pollution."

Being detained in relation with the poisoning of 16 dogs to death in Ankara, three suspects have been released by the court pending trial.

While the dead bodies of 13 dogs have been found in different places in the capital city of Ankara, it has also been reported that seven dogs are currently missing. Three people have been taken into custody as part of the ensuing investigation.

Umay Aktaş Salman wrote, Ezgi Koman edited the Child in the News / Child-Focused Reporting Handbook. Murat Bayram, Ferid Demirel and Abdülselam Yıldırım translated the book into Kurdish.

Ahead of the local elections, the İstanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association has organized workshops for children aged between 7 and 12, asking their expectations from the local administrations.

In an event organized by the European Union (EU) Delegation to Turkey, the Children Choir of War Victims has sung songs in Arabic, French, English, German and Turkish.

The Committee has said the perpetrators have not been identified and the sanctions cannot be seen as "punishment."

Students from Turkey joined the global school strike upon the call of Greta Thunberg. Atlas Sarrafoğlu, one of the students who joined the strike in İstanbul, has said, “We didn’t go to school today, because school can wait, but climate change doesn’t.”

Main opposition CHP MP Taşcıer has submitted a law proposal on anti-vaccination to the parliament, exemplified the practices of Italy's Ministry of Health.

According to a report by the Greenpeace, coal-fired thermal power plants have caused 17 thousand premature deaths in 33 years, in Afşin, Maraş province. Activists reflected the message, "This chimney spreads toxins," on a power plant's chimney.

İstanbul Medical Chamber has held a panel discussion on vaccine hesitancy, evaluating families' stances, the responsibility of the doctors and children's rights. The doctors have noted that vaccine hesitancy is increasing in Turkey.

The ECtHR has dismissed the appeal for conserving Hasankeyf archeological site because “there is not a universal individual right to the protection of the cultural heritage.”

It is all very natural that I am bothered when I see the ones who don’t change their eating habits though we know that a life without consuming meat and animal products is possible and, on top of that, while we live with the label of an animal lover!

The project of a coal-based thermal power plant to be built on a oak forest in Pınarça Village has been cancelled upon the release of a negative Environmental Impact Assessment report. The people of Pınarça have long been struggling against the project.

The first hearing of the case of Assoc. Prof. Bülent Şık, who is prosecuted for announcing the findings of a cancer research study by the Ministry of Health, will be held today.