Southeast Asia: Time for a Pushback in Media Spaces Published: 27 February 2018 Digital, online and social-media avenues undoubtedly offer an alternative or complementary channel for news, because of the inherent difficulty in censoring these spaces. Their wide reach and levels of engagement have saved lives during disasters or emergencies.
The human cost of Istanbul’s 3rd airport Published: 26 February 2018 In an interview with the daily Cumhuriyet, a truck driver reported that since the beginning of the construction in May 2015, about 400 workers had been killed.
Political polarization growing in Turkish society Published: 20 February 2018 Last week, the Migration Research Center at the Istanbul Bilgi University shared the results of its recent survey titled "The Dimensions of Polarization in Turkey”.
Governing the Big Bad Fix? What to do about geoengineering Published: 29 January 2018 Geoengineering – large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s natural systems – is increasingly being presented as a strategy to counteract, dilute or delay climate change. Which international legal norms and agreements would contradict the different measures?
High underage pregnancy rates among refugee children rattle Turkey Published: 29 January 2018 On January 17, news about a state hospital in one of the largest districts of Istanbul hit the headlines.
Turkey’s coal dependency triggers creative protest in Eskişehir Published: 19 January 2018 As the deadline for the pre-tender for a coal-fired thermal power plant in Eskişehir is approaching, public resistance is rising and has become the most artistic form of protest Turkey has seen in a long time.
Katowice: A European coal capital goes green Published: 11 January 2018 Nowhere in the EU is smog more suffocating than in southern Poland. This year, the polluted Polish mining city Katowice will host the COP24 climate conference. Ahead of that, change is in the air — and on the ground.
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.
The Meaty Side of Climate Change Published: 9 January 2018 While energy giants like Exxon and Shell have drawn fire for their roles in warming the planet, the corporate meat and dairy industries have largely avoided scrutiny.
A difficult relationship – Turkey’s climate policy at this year’s climate summit in Bonn Published: 8 December 2017 3 Minutes Turkey The reason why Turkey is not among those developing countries eligible for climate finance is the appendix system which was adopted by UNFCCC at 1992 and the system is ended with Paris Agreement. But under this appendix system Turkey as an OECD country was considered as developing country which has many duties on to contribute funding of technology and capacity building to under develop countries.