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Davutoğlu on Cerattepe: Mining Activities to be Halted until Judicial Process Completed

Davutoğlu on Cerattepe: Mining Activities to be Halted until Judicial Process Completed

It has been expressed activities of mining companies will be halted in the copper mine planned to be built in Cerattepe until judicial process is completed.

24 February 2016

Protest With Lights in Cerattepe

Protest With Lights in Cerattepe

In Cerattepe region of Artvin, a group of almost 5,000 persons have protested against the planned copper mine and the intervention of the security force.

19 February 2016

“Not Terror, Not Mine, but Thermal Plant Martyr”

“Not Terror, Not Mine, but Thermal Plant Martyr”

People have reacted against the plans to build sixth thermal power plant in Zonguldak’s Çatalağzı.

17 December 2015

WWF: Agreement Reached in Paris but Turkey at Crossroads

WWF: Agreement Reached in Paris but Turkey at Crossroads

WWF has stated that in order to achieve the target of 1.5°C, downward trend should begin and countries should improve their commitments by 2020.

14 December 2015

Coal-Fired Power Plants Choke Zonguldak

NİLAY VARDAR WAS IN ZONGULDAK

Coal-Fired Power Plants Choke Zonguldak

Another coal-fired thermal power plant is about to completed in Zonguldak where there are already three power plants, residents say “We are the ones inhaling the poison but it is others who benefit”.

18 November 2015 Nilay Vardar

"Botan, Diyarbakır and Dersim Forests are Evidently on Fire

NATURE DEFENDERS EXAMINE FOREST FIRES

"Botan, Diyarbakır and Dersim Forests are Evidently on Fire

Democratic Society Congress and Mesopotamia Ecology Movement shared their observations with bianet over forest fires in southeastern Turkey.

17 August 2015 Nilay Vardar

People and Gendarmerie Come Face to Face in Artvin

People and Gendarmerie Come Face to Face in Artvin

In Artvin province, people on duty since June 20, came face to face with gendarmerie due to a disagreement related to mining works in the region. Both parties are still waiting.

"Will Our Animals Hitchhike?

RESISTANCE AGAINST “GREEN ROAD PROJECT”

"Will Our Animals Hitchhike?

People in Fırtına Valley of Black Sea Region gathered and responded to Green Road Project.

3 July 2015 Nilay Vardar

Water Resources Diminish, Air’s Polluted, Creatures Become Extinct

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Water Resources Diminish, Air’s Polluted, Creatures Become Extinct

WWF pointed out that growing cities, climate change, increasing consumption, transportation and industrial activities not only affect humans but also species.

Nuclear Plant Ceremony Met with Protests

Nuclear Plant Ceremony Met with Protests

Attendants to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project groundbreaking ceremony locked iron gate; police attacked demonstrators with water cannons.

14 April 2015 Nilay Vardar

Boğaziçi University Will Produce Energy From Wind

Boğaziçi University Will Produce Energy From Wind

Boğaziçi University Kilyos Sarıtepe Campus will produce energy for its own with the wind power plant and convey the surplus energy to the network.

Damocracy Documentary to Be Released in February

Damocracy Documentary to Be Released in February

Canadian filmmaker Todd Southgate made a documentary on world's two most controversial dam projects--Belo Monte in Bresil and Ilısu in Turkey--entitled "From the Amazons to Hasankeyf: Damocracy".

7 January 2013 Nilay Vardar

Istanbul's Third Airport Location Announced, Experts Critical

Istanbul's Third Airport Location Announced, Experts Critical

Experts contested the planned construction site of Istanbul's new airport, saying that the area houses the last remaining environmental sites nourishing the gigantic city.

21 November 2012 Nilay Vardar

Ancient City to be Inundated Under Dam Reservoir

HASANKEYF

Ancient City to be Inundated Under Dam Reservoir

Ministers Veysel Eroğlu and Mehmet Şimşek met with protests during a visit they paid to Hasankeyf, an ancient city in the southeastern province of Batman dating back to at least 12,000 years ago and that is to be inundated under a dam reservoir, causing irreversible damage to history and nature.

31 August 2012 Nilay Vardar

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