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Turkish scientist faces jail for revealing cancer and nursing link

Professor Onur Hamzaoğlu could face jail time for publishing a report that found poisonous metals and cancer risk.

Bosphorus To Become Center of Hydrogen Energy Production If Second Canal Is Built

The proposed canal has been slammed by Turkish environmentalists. But authorities at Turkey’s center for hydrogen energy technology see a silver lining: the canal could...

Turkish Officials File Complaint Against Scientist Over Health Report

The head of a Turkish university’s public health department was accused of “threatening to incite fear and panic” after he published a study showing high...

Turkey Possibly Facing Its Worst Environmental Crisis Ever

When two embankments collapsed at the dam of a silver refinery in the Turkish province of Kütahya, workers began scrambling to keep the cyanide-contaminated water...

Hidden Costs of Constructing Wind Farms in Turkey Include Many New Roads

The new roads required to transport wind turbines to installation sites in Turkey can delay projects and add to their costs, but also create hundreds...

Turkish Environmentalists, Architects Critical of Proposed Canal

Turkey’s prime minister has announced a plan to build a second waterway through Istanbul, just west of the existing Bosphorus Strait. As Turkey’s June parliamentary...

Major Turkish Cities Fail Sustainability Survey

Eskişehir, a center of industrial production in Turkey, is the country’s most sustainable city, according to a recent survey. When businesspeople from 29 different cities...

Limited Power Shackles Armenia to Precarious Nuclear Plant

In bucolic but earthquake-prone Armenia, people both fear and rely on a nuclear power plant that has operated for three decades with no primary containment...

Hydropower Could Meet More Of Turkey’s Energy Demand — But At What Cost?

A planned dam in southeastern Turkey would submerge Hasankeyf’s 10,000-year-old cultural relics and displace 50,000 people from the region. How many kilowatt hours is that...

Europe’s Biggest Solar Farm To Be Built In Turkey

The 100-MW photovoltaic power station would be the first to harness Turkey’s remarkable solar resource. Turkey has a lot of catching up to do when...
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