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Turkey recap articles

Here are the articles appeared on Turkey recap supported by Heinrich Beoll Stiftung Turkey Office to help increasing the reporting on ecological, environmental and climate developments in Turkey, with a focus on local best practices, as well as underreported stories.

A seasonal agriculture worker picks oranges in Adana, Turkey

Turkey banned a hazardous pesticide in 2020. It’s still showing up in food

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Farmers, officials and food safety experts said the banned pesticide chlorpyrifos is still used in Turkey due to weak regulations and lackluster enforcement, threatening the public health.

By Diego Cupolo and Sema Beşevli

Activists protest the logging of the Akbelen forest in İkizköy, Muğla

Young climate activists feel deterred by financial and legal pressures in Turkey

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Yet a closer look at these images shows few young faces among the protestors. The same is true for other recent acts of environmental activism in Turkey.

By Anna Montraveta Riu , Carlos Ortega Sánchez and Burcu Dolanbay

Waste collectors at a depot in Dudullu, İstanbul.

Trash money: Turkey is formalizing its waste sector. Informal collectors want to be included

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The system involved an estimated 500,000 waste collectors nationwide and accounted for about 80 percent of the country’s recycling in 2022. That year, the Turkish government also launched an initiative to regulate this work, though with limited success due to its strict requirements.

By Diego Cupolo

Faroz Port, a fishing town port in northern province of Turkey, Trabzon

‘No hamsi today’: Sustainability of Black Sea fishing sector under threat

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Fish populations in the Black Sea have been increasingly impacted by ecological interference, often in the form of construction or regional development, and also climate change.

By Ingrid Woudwijk

Young climate activists feel deterred by financial and legal pressures in Turkey

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Yet a closer look at these images shows few young faces among the protestors. The same is true for other recent acts of environmental activism in Turkey.

By Anna Montraveta Riu , Carlos Ortega Sánchez and Burcu Dolanbay

Kocaeli municipality employees inspect geotextile bags used to filter mud from the bottom of İzmit Gulf.

Marmara Sea restoration efforts are underway. They may not prevent a new sea snot outbreak

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Experts say minimizing the flow of new organic materials into the sea – like phosphorus and nitrogen which constitute fertilizer for phytoplankton and algae – is the most important factor in preventing future outbreaks.

By Miriane Demers-Lemay and Nicole Graaf

The Alibeyköy reservoir pictured on Jan. 7, 2024.

When it rains it stores: Mitigating drought in İstanbul

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In terms of both population distribution and water resources, İstanbul is divided between eastern and western water basins, or Asian and European districts, the latter of which faces several challenges in distributing water resources.

By Matt Hanson and Sema Beşevli

About Turkey recap

Turkey recap is an independent, reader-supported news platform created to help observers, analysts and the rest of us make sense of the fast-paced Turkey news cycle. It was launched as an English-language newsletter in Oct. 2019 and the publications has been expanded to include Turkish-language newsletters, in-depth reports and a variety of members-only news tracking tools available to Turkey recap supporters. Turkey recap is produced by the Kolektif Medya Derneği, İstanbul-based non-profit association founded in Aug. 2023 to support and elevate news media and journalists in Turkey. Turkey recap team members include Gonca Tokyol, Ingrid Woudwijk, Verda Uyar and Diego Cupolo, who co-founded the platform with Raziye Akkoç. Turkey recap is a project partner of Heinrich Boell Stiftung since 2023.