content tagged with ecology

David Adler: "A new vision that is feminist, ecologist, and pluralist"

LEFT TIDE IN LATIN AMERİCA-I

David Adler: "A new vision that is feminist, ecologist, and pluralist"

"The 'rise' of the left in Latin America should be understood as a new 'wave' of democratization that ousts authoritarianism from power to reclaim the rights afforded by progressive governments at the turn of the new millennium. But it is not a pure restoration, it updates their vision."

8 November 2022 Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Trees being cut down to build new military bases in eastern Turkey

Trees being cut down to build new military bases in eastern Turkey

The cutting down of trees for the establishment of new police stations and military bases in the Şenyayla region of Muş province continues since March.

‘We will protect the trees in İzmir as well as in Kurdistan’

HDP’S MURAT ÇEPNİ

‘We will protect the trees in İzmir as well as in Kurdistan’

Peoples’ Democratic Party İzmir MP Çepni has spoken to bianet about why the struggles for peace and ecology cannot be considered separately and talked about the intersectionality of the two struggles.

20 April 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Turkey's main opposition leader urges foreign countries not to invest in Canal İstanbul

Turkey's main opposition leader urges foreign countries not to invest in Canal İstanbul

Kılıçdaroğlu has sent letters to all diplomatic missions in Turkey in their own languages, warning them against the ecological destruction to be caused by the project.

8 November 2021

Tender for building hotels in forestlands in 7 provinces

MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

Tender for building hotels in forestlands in 7 provinces

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced a tender for construction of 4-5 star hotels and thermal facilities in some forestlands in the provinces of Artvin, Bursa, Kars, Kütahya, Mersin, Ordu and Uşak.

‘Even birds fall from their nests in trees and die’

QUARRY RESISTANCE CONTINUES IN İKİZDERE

‘Even birds fall from their nests in trees and die’

Women from the resistance in İkizdere have said: "They throw the trees that they cut down into the stream that they have dried, covering them with soil so that they cannot be seen. Birds and fish are dying.”

5 May 2021 Tansu Pişkin

71 percent of Artvin province is mining licensed

REPORT BY TEMA FOUNDATION

71 percent of Artvin province is mining licensed

The TEMA Foundation has prepared a report regarding the mining activities in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Artvin. The report has shown that 71 percent of the province is currently mining licensed.

12 January 2021

Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’

Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’

The people of Özkonak town in Nevşehir province have appealed to the International Criminal Court and filed a criminal complaint against the executives of the Canadian Centerra Gold Company on charge of “committing a crime against humanity”.

18 December 2020

‘World Peace Day amid ecological concerns and pandemic nightmare’

SEPTEMBER 1 PEACE DAY

‘World Peace Day amid ecological concerns and pandemic nightmare’

The Ecology Assembly of the Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) has released a statement on the occasion of September 1 World Peace Day, underlining that the day is marked amid economic crisis, political tensions and climate crisis this year.

1 September 2020

Little hosts of Diyarbakır’s Hevsel Gardens: Long-eared hedgehogs

Little hosts of Diyarbakır’s Hevsel Gardens: Long-eared hedgehogs

Having captured the photographs of several animals in Hevsel Gardens before, photograph artist Mehmet Masum Süer has now photographed long-eared hedgehogs.

Pesticides that are most harmful to aquatic life

THE CHEMIST IN THE KITCHEN

Pesticides that are most harmful to aquatic life

I tried to make a blacklist of pesticides that are allowed in Turkey and most harmful to living beings in aquatic life.

28 July 2020 Bülent Şık

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

DEMİR FROM BURSA NATURE ASSOCIATION

‘What is done is done in Kirazlıyayla, what happens if we win the lawsuit?’

The villagers of Kirazlıyayla in Bursa are still resisting against the works of Meyra Mining Company for a lead, zinc and copper processing plant and tailings dam in the region.

30 June 2020 Sakine Orman

Locals struggle against mining company in Konya: ‘Can anybody hear us?’

Locals struggle against mining company in Konya: ‘Can anybody hear us?’

Taking no notice of the warning of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), a company is exploring coal mine in Ilgın, Konya. While the DSİ warns that the area is not suitable for mining as there are water basins, locals are waging a struggle for ecology.

25 June 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Court Cancels Hydroelectric Plant Project in Küre Mountains National Park

Court Cancels Hydroelectric Plant Project in Küre Mountains National Park

People of Cide, Kastamonu have been in a legal struggle for more than a decade against the construction of a power plant in Loç Valley.

Governorship of Ankara Bans Ecology Meeting

Governorship of Ankara Bans Ecology Meeting

The Governorship of Ankara has banned the Ecology Union’s meeting “We say stop to climate crisis and ecological destruction” to be held in the capital city on October 26.

25 October 2019

Villagers on Watch in Çanakkale Against Geothermal Power Plants

Villagers on Watch in Çanakkale Against Geothermal Power Plants

Stating that the geothermal power plants to be constructed in organic olive cultivation field will harm agriculture and human health, the villagers stand against drilling works.

11 July 2017 Nilay Vardar

Women Protest Construction in Their Meadow with Scythes, Rakes

Women Protest Construction in Their Meadow with Scythes, Rakes

Women in Kütahya have protested the museum, planned to be built in their meadows, where they graze their animals, with clubs, axes, scythes and rakes. The Kütahya-Eskişehir highway has been closed to traffic.

Amasra to File Complaint Against Thermal Power Plant

Amasra to File Complaint Against Thermal Power Plant

Amasra residents are getting prepared to bring an action against Environmental Impact Assessment positive report, which was accepted recently, of coal power plant in Amasra.

14 October 2016 Nilay Vardar

Green Road Construction Restarts, 11 Life Defenders Detained

Green Road Construction Restarts, 11 Life Defenders Detained

Following the announcement that the Green Road construction has begun at Yukarı Kavron, 11 of the life defenders going to the area have been taken into custody in Rize.

10 October 2016

Ancestry Seeds to be Shared on Digital Platform

Ancestry Seeds to be Shared on Digital Platform

A new online platform is to enable people to exchange their ancestry seeds. The only request by the Seed Exchange Network is that a sum of seeds be reserved for exchange with other people.

7 September 2016 Nilay Vardar

Fishing Grouper Banned but Bluefish at Risk

FISHING BAN REMOVED

Fishing Grouper Banned but Bluefish at Risk

Fishing ban has ended, fishing criteria for grouper’s length has dropped to 18 from 20, the grouper banned.

1 September 2016

Northern Forest Defense Blocks Earth-Moving Trucks

Northern Forest Defense Blocks Earth-Moving Trucks

Excavation work in Fatih Forest has been protested, Northern Forest Defense has blocked the trucks carrying out the excavation work.

Warning from Chicken Companies to Greenpeace

Warning from Chicken Companies to Greenpeace

Chicken companies of Banvit, Beypiliç, Keskinoğlu and Şenpiliç have sent Greenpeace a warning requesting the organization to close the website of the campaign “We won’t swallow that chicken”.

Attack on Sarıkeçili Nomad’s Caravan by Municipality

Attack on Sarıkeçili Nomad’s Caravan by Municipality

The 11th Traditional Sarıkeçili Yoruks Nomadic Movement Caravan Festival of Anatolia’s last nomades, Sarıkeçili Yoruk Nomads have been attacked by Kazım Karabekir Municipality.

How Come Chickens Getting No Sunlight Weigh 2.5 Kg?

How Come Chickens Getting No Sunlight Weigh 2.5 Kg?

Greenpeace through its campaign “We won’t swallow that chicken” urges the chicken industry which threatens health, ecology and has turned into a torture of animals, to change its production chain by 2020.

12 May 2016 Nilay Vardar

Battle Against Coal Plants Increasing in Number

#BREAKFREE FROM COAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

Battle Against Coal Plants Increasing in Number

Turkey will participate in the campaign launched all over the world to break free from fossil fuel with the summit to be held in Aliağa.

4 May 2016 Nilay Vardar

48 Resisting in Cerattepe Sued

48 Resisting in Cerattepe Sued

48 people have been sued for opposing mining activities in Cerattepe district of Artvin province over “Opposing the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations and Obstructing Police”.

22 April 2016 Nilay Vardar

11 Opposing Coast Filling Detained

11 Opposing Coast Filling Detained

11 Ordu City Platform members who want to prevent Ordu Municipality from filling the coast have been taken into custody. Attorney Türkmen says, “There is no project, parliamentary decision, environmental project, no nothing at the moment”.

20 April 2016 Nilay Vardar

Kanal İstanbul Project Approved in Omnibus Bill, Experts Express Concerns

Kanal İstanbul Project Approved in Omnibus Bill, Experts Express Concerns

Kanal İstanbul Project has been awarded a legal basis by being characterizes as “waterway” in the omnibus bill approved by TBMM General Assembly.

Hasankeyf Shortlisted Among 7 Most Endangered Cultural Heritage

Hasankeyf Shortlisted Among 7 Most Endangered Cultural Heritage

Ancient City of Hasankeyf and its surrounding to be submerged because of dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HES) surrounding has been shortlisted for Seven Most Endangered program 2016 by Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank Institute.

Human Chain Protest Against Expert Board in Artvin

Human Chain Protest Against Expert Board in Artvin

People of Artvin have created a human chain to protest against the expert board from Rize Administrative Court regarding the mining activities planned to be put in action in Cerattepe.

Women From Cerattepe Protest With Drums

Women From Cerattepe Protest With Drums

Artvin Women’s Solidarity Platform has protested against mining activities planned to be put in action in Cerattepe region of Artvin.

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