The bitter end of Turkey’s state owned sugar Published: 15 March 2018 With a call for tenders published February 21, the government announced that it would be selling 14 sugar factories belonging to the Turkey Sugar Factory Inc.
In the land of bad stomachs: 2017 was the year of public food poisoning in Turkey Published: 10 January 2018 In 2017 the numbers of food poisoning cases all over Turkey was unprecedented high. In tens of cases which have occurred throughout the year particularly in secondary schools, Quran courses, universities, dormitories and military barracks, as well as workplaces, factories and constructions sites, thousands have been poisoned by the food they have eaten in canteens.
Gen manipulated bread in Adana’s bakeries Published: 4 April 2017 For the first time in Turkish history genetically modified organisms have reportedly been found in bread. Hannah Weiner
A Commentary on Turkey’s Habitat III National Report – Sustainable(?) Urbanisation in Turkey Published: 19 October 2016 A brief, critical view to Turkey's (official) National HABITAT III Report, prepared by Helsinki Citizens' Assembly - Turkey
The poisonous apple: Turkish fruits and vegetables contain too many pesticides to be sold in the EU Published: 11 October 2016 Bülent Şık, a food engineer from Turkey made an extensive analysis on RASFF facts about Turkey and found out that the “lemon case” was not an exception.
Article 75; the Knell for the Environment Published: 23 August 2016 What exactly is article 75 about and what is its meaning for the environment? Article 75 ‘Supporting investments in accord with the scale of projects’ authorizes the cabinet to exempt certain infrastructure projects, that due to being controversial are in need of passing standard legal procedures, from the mandatory application of procedures such as permissions, licenses, allotments, and environmental as well as social impact assessments.
The infrastructure we don’t want: OECD infrastructure advice to the G20 Published: 9 June 2016 A study commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation found that the OECD's infrastructure investment advice to the G20 finance track lacks coherence with sustainable development and is “out of sync” with recent achievements of the global community.
Trees versus Concrete: Deforestation in the North Bosphorus Region and Civil Society Responses Published: 15 April 2016 Currently, up to 4 million trees are cleared in connection to the construction of the 3rd Bosphorus bridge and a new airport, and this might just be the beginning. Against the background of this threat, Turkish environmentalists have organized protests and taken up the fight against deforestation. Due to problems with democratic decision-making and the rule of law, civil society efforts have so far shown very limited results. One of the pressing questions of the future, therefore, will be which other options are available to civil society to respond to the threat of deforestation. Konrad Gürtler
Environmental Justice in Turkey: Megaprojects in the Framework of Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey and the EU Published: 1 March 2016 To assess the impact of the EU environmental acquis in the context of the EU-Turkey accession negotiations and reinforce networks between European and Turkish environmental civil society actors, a delegation of Turkish legal experts, parliamentarians, academics and environmental activists visited Brussels between 26th and 29th January 2016.
The possibility of the de-growth proposals in answering the challenges the humanity faces today Published: 27 January 2016 Here you will find the program and the video records of the 6.th Green Economy Conference on DEGROWTH which was organised on the 17.10.2015 in Istanbul
