Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar issued a statement about the recent fires that broke out in the city of Hatay in Turkey.Read More
A fire broke out in Belen district in Hatay, Turkey, on 9 October and it continues to spread across several places near the city into its second day. One fire fighter suffered from inhalation of smoke and seventy people were affected by the fire.Read More
Despite opposition from local villagers, a hydroelectric power plant project was approved and built at a point along the Zorava stream in 2015 in the district of Siirt (Sert) in Turkey. Five years later, a new hydroelectric power plant project is planned – just seven to eight kilometers away from the previous one. Zorava stream […]Read More
Uğur Deniz – Istanbul Agit Özdemir, from the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, has described fires in the Kurdish cities of Turkey as “political fires” which are part of a “security strategy”. This time, we asked Özdemir about the dams surrounding Kurdish provinces, which so far number more than a thousand. One of the main reasons for […]Read More
Savan Abdulrahman As global concerns over environmental pollution have increased, several organizations have campaigned and acted to save the environment. Despite this, ecosystems continue to face increasing threats.Read More
Forest fires have erupted in Mount Cudi, near the town of Silopi in Turkey’s Şırnak (Şirnex) province. Locals claim there has been no attempt to extinguish the fires.Read More
The project, which will open Salda Lake to construction, has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning. The Mayor of Burdur announced that it would be allowed to construct buildings in the region with a 1/25000 land-use plan.Read More
Three and a half million trees are projected to be felled in the Kaz Mountains to advance Cengiz Holding’s Halilağa copper mine project. Due to public opposition mounted against this project, a scheduled public Environmental Impact Assessment meeting to discuss it was cancelled.Read More
Forest fires erupted in Mount Gabar, beside the town of Dergul in Şırnak (Şirnex) province in Turkey.Read More
Non-governmental organisations in Turkey and Europe, including environmental and ecological NGO’s – alongside political parties, artists, writers, intellectuals, associations, trade unions and human rights defenders – called for the withdrawal of a proposed Landscape Design Project in Munzur Gözeleri in Dersim, Turkey. ”We cannot allow such an intervention”, they stated.Read More
