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Julia Harte
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Where Can You Find the World’s Most Expensive Gasoline? Probably Turkey.
After a rise in the cost of gasoline on Tuesday, Turks are now paying what may be the world’s highest price for the precious liquid....
Tektuğ Elektrik Group Enters Turkey’s Expanding Wind Energy Sector
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex will construct eleven 2.5 MW turbines for the Tektuğ Elektrik Group’s first wind project. This autumn, on a mountain ridge...
Istanbul’s Taksim Square To Become Lifeless And Isolated In New Urban Plan, Opponents Warn
Streets become highways, trees make way for the mall in a new plan for Taksim Square in Istanbul. Today, Istanbul’s Taksim Square is a bustling...
Long-Awaited Wildlife Corridor Becoming Reality In Turkey
Majestic Mt. Ağri presides over Turkey’s Kars region, one of the world’s richest biodiversity areas and the entrance to a new protected area in eastern Anatolia....
Silicosis Kills 50th Worker At Turkish Denim Sandblasting Factory
Your sandblasted Armani jeans could be killing people. “Distressed” jeans are commonly made by blasting the denim with silica (pictured above) after it has been...
EU’s Planned Nabucco Gas Pipeline To Be Displaced By Russian Project
The Nabucco natural gas pipeline (in orange) was designed to lessen eastern Europe’s dependence on Russia’s sometimes unreliable gas supply. But Russia’s South Stream pipeline...
Environmentalist Partially Blinded By Illegal Fishermen In Istanbul
When marine politics get nasty: Ahmet Aslan recovers in a hospital after being shot in the eye by a gang of illegal fishermen. Fishing is...
The Garbage Women Of Turkey Turn Trash Into Trendsetting Handbags
Turning trash into art and employing women who have never worked for pay before — two difficult tasks that Turkish company Çöp(m)adam accomplishes at once. Turkey’s...
Hydroelectric Dam In Turkey May Cause Environmental Catastrophe In Georgia
A hydroelectric project in Turkey’s northeastern Ardahan district will change the flow of the Mtkvari River, the biggest water artery in the South Caucasus. A...
Will Turkey’s New Constitution Include Ecological Protections?
Turkish environmental journalist Mahmut Boynudelik has proposed a set of fundamental ecological principles to be enshrined in the country’s new constitution. Last Wednesday, Turkey’s Constitution...
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