Ecology organisations have issued a public statement protesting against the forest fires in Mount Cudi.Read More
Forest fires have continued to rage on Mount Cudi in Turkey for almost three months. Forest fires in areas near the villages of Cevizdüzü (Cifane), Dağkonak (Nerex), Kemer (Gilindor), Üçkiraz (Nêvava), Kavalı (Gundikê Spîndarûkê), and Toptepe (Avgamasya) continue but there have been no attempts by the authorities to extinguish these fires.Read More
The most significant sectors in Turkey that are environmentally destabilising are energy, construction and mining.Read More
The forest fires which started in Cifanê village in the Cudi Mountain district of Şırnak (Şirnex), have continued for days. Exasperated residents from the village, having contacted the authorities to find out what was being done to stop them, received this response: “Don’t keep us busy”.Read More
Rivers and lakes support biodiversity and ecosystems. Lake Sıhke in Van, Turkey, is ‘at risk’ due to global warming and pollution. The pollution caused by lack of adequate treatment for sewage and other urban waste is severely impacting the wildlife and the lake’s ecosystem.Read More
Mehmet Masum Süer, an international photographer, has photographed Diyarbakır’s long-eared hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) which are on the brink of extinction. Süer photographed the long-eared hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) alongside red foxes, hawks, snakes and various species of butterfly in Hevsel Gardens, which is placed in UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage list. Hevsel Gardens is located in Diyarbakır […]Read More
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Words by Uğur Deniz The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has noted in its most recent report that forest fires can often become “a crisis that is out of control”. In the Kurdish provinces of Turkey, many forest fires appear to have reached this stage of “crisis”. We spoke to Agit Özdemir of the Mesopotomia […]Read More
Translated from Jinnews report by Habibe Eren Even as ecological destruction has continued during the pandemic process, women have been active in the struggle for ecological protection and renewal. Peoples’ Democratic Congress’ (HDK’s) Ecology Council member, Yağmur Yurtsever, stated that womens resistance in Kirazlıyayla and Çapaklı have provided hope to everyone: “The struggle for ecology […]Read More
Amed (Diyarbakır), founded on the banks of the Tigris River, has a heritage that takes in the Hurrian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Ottoman empires.Read More
The challenging migration journey of storks, which begins every year in August, has begun. With the summer season coming to an end, storks begin a journey spanning thousands of kilometers, from Istanbul and other parts of Europe to South Africa.Read More
