Julia Harte

Julia spent her childhood summers in a remote research station in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, helping her father with a 25-year-old experiment in which he simulated global warming over a patch of alpine meadow. When not measuring plant species diversity or carbon flux in the soil, she could be found scampering around the forests and finding snowbanks to slide down. Now she is a freelance journalist living in Istanbul, where her passion for the environment intersects with her interest in Turkish politics and grassroots culture. She also writes about Turkish climate and energy policy for Solve Climate News.

Tracking the Impacts of a Hydroelectric Dam Along the Tigris River

Upstream hydroelectric dams have already inhibited the recovery of Iraq's legendary Mesopotamian Marshes. A massive dam currently under construction...

The Birdmen of Istanbul Film Follows Songbird Lovers of Times Past

The Birdmen of Istanbul, a film by Ali Naki Tez, follows the reclusive, fascinating old men who have devoted...

Chemical Waste Destroying Turkey’s Historical Bafa Lake Reserve

Two thousand years ago, Lake Bafa was a bay in the Aegean Sea, known as the Gulf of Latmus....

Turkey Plans to Introduce Emissions-Based Tax on Motor Vehicles

There are currently 1.6 million automobiles on Istanbul's roads, according to Embarq Türkiye -- and each day, 640 more...

Turks Ask Their Leaders to Say “No to Nuclear”

Two years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, the Turkish government is moving ahead with nuclear power despite...

Turkey’s “Nature Law” Will Cause More Environmental Degradation, Activists Warn

"Polluting nature is your problem, your law is a lie" and "Withdraw the Nature Law" read signs from protests...
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Life Returns To Gulf – Once A Sewer On Turkey’s Aegean Coast

New underwater photos from five different locations around the Gulf of Izmir confirm that life is returning to the...

Istanbul Municipality Forces Neighborhood To Make Way For Planned Gentrification

Until a recent urban renewal project that forced most residents out, the neighborhood of Tarlabaşı was home to a...

Turkish Conglomerate Plans Undersea Pipeline To Import Israeli Gas

The Zorlu Group, one of Turkey's biggest business conglomerates, has its eyes on another behemoth: Israel's largest gas field,...

Turkish Architects Reveal Plans for Renewable Energy-Generating Mosque

Surrounded by mountains, Turkey's fourth largest city, Bursa, is already one of the country's most verdant metropolises -- and...

Istanbul’s Natural Oases: The Atatürk Arboretum and Belgrade Forest

A natural retreat from the traffic and crowds of Istanbul, the 296-hectare Atatürk Arboretum, above, receives few visitors. But it contains...

Turkey’s Energy Campaigns Should Lose Gender Roles, Columnist Says

"In this way, they aim to save the Turkish economy $4 billion," groaned Nilgün Tekfidan Gümüş, a columnist in the Turkish daily Hürriyet newspaper (in Turkish), one of the papers which featured a full-page advertisement from the Mrs. Energy campaign.