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Tuğçe Yılmaz

The struggle in Turkey for ecocide to be recognized as a crime

The struggle in Turkey for ecocide to be recognized as a crime

Melis Tantan of the Ecocide Law Citizens’ Initiative spoke to bianet about the struggle that continues to work towards preventing environmental damage.

27 December 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

'Cutting of trees continues in Şırnak for two years'

IS 'SECURITY' THE REASON?

'Cutting of trees continues in Şırnak for two years'

HDP Şırnak Deputy Hasan Özgüneş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament regarding the cutting of trees in Şırnak province.

‘Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry destroys the ecosystem in Marmaris’

MARMARİS CITY COUNCIL

‘Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry destroys the ecosystem in Marmaris’

Nature and life defenders argue that the works undertaken in Muğla’s Marmaris following the wildfires in summer 2021 are of ecocidal nature and say that they will apply to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to ask for an end to the related efforts.

8 February 2022