content tagged with climate change litigation

Anemic citizen sues governor’s office, municipality over air pollution

STRUGGLE FOR CLEAN AIR

Anemic citizen sues governor’s office, municipality over air pollution

Waging a struggle against the local administrators for the right to clean air for 15 years, Koç from Batman filed a lawsuit and requested 1 lira in damages. If he wins the lawsuit, it will set an important precedent in the climate struggle.

Turkey's first climate lawsuit filed on behalf of Lake Marmara fishers

Turkey's first climate lawsuit filed on behalf of Lake Marmara fishers

The Altıparmak Law Office has applied to the Manisa Administrative Court and requested an acknowledgement that the public authority is responsible for the drying of Lake Marmara, which marks a first in the climate change litigation in Turkey.