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Don't Leave Us Homeless, Turkish Villagers Say
"I was born [in Suçeken] and I want to die there," Behiye Kepti, a 54-year-old Kurdish villager and mother of six, told ambassadors from two European countries that are backing construction of a dam that would flood her home in Southeast Turkey.
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Turkey Report: Little to Cheer on World Enviro Day
Talk about your high/low cultural mingling: This week, Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, known for his densely layered and melancholy-tinged novels,
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Hot Topic in Turkey: Forest-Fire Prevention
Summer is when Istanbul flings open its doors, when restaurants sweep off their rooftop
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Motor-Oil Collection Helps Clean Up the Commute
A joint industry-government initiative in Turkey has collected 50,000 tons of waste oil over the past five years--much of it from a
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May Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Spring finally sprung this month in Istanbul, after what seemed like a long, wet winter. On the green
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'Green Roof' Idea Tilts Skyward in Istanbul
In dense urban areas, there's often nowhere to build but up, an approach that the clever team at Istanbul-based architectural firm Superpool is applying not only to its new
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Fighting to Keep Ancient Turkish City from Becoming a Sunken Treasure
One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, the Turkish town of Hasankeyf, could see its cultural and natural richness lost by 2013, drowned in the reservoir for the Ilısu Dam, a controversial project that has lately drawn renewed attention.
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Turkish Dams Leaving Iraqi Fields Thirsting for Water
In ancient times, Iraq was called Mesopotamia, which means 'between the rivers' in Greek. But today, the life-giving Tigris and Euphrates rivers are not providing enough water, and Iraqi officials are pointing the finger squarely at neighboring Turkey.
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Plants to Monitor Pollution in Two Turkish Cities
The bounty of tulips that the Istanbul municipality plants in the city's public squares, parks, and gardens each
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Young Eco-Innovators to Vie for International Prize
Can oil pollution be collected from the surface of the ocean? How do different land uses affect the water quality of rural areas? What impact does global warming have on
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Peace Could Prove Problematic For Migratory Birds
As Turkish and Armenian officials continue down the rocky road toward a possible rapprochement, in negotiations that could re-open their shared border, the prospect of peace may prove perilous for wildlife that has benefited from the political standoff.
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Digital Signatures in Turkey Save 1,600 Trees
One of the small, but annoying, problems with expat life is dealing with the issue of signing documents related to work and logistics back in the U.S. With people's lives so electronically
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Spring/Summer Fashion 2009: Mavi Jeanswear Organic Division
Dress 'em up or dress 'em down, the classic pair of jeans is a versatile wardrobe essential that bridges high brow and low brow, uptown couture and downtown hipster. Turkish transplant Mavi, which started cranking out organic
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Does the Environment Win When Economic Crisis Sends Immigrants Home?
Turkish cities have been the stage for culture clashes in recent years, as residents of rural areas moved to urban areas in large numbers, bringing what many urbanites see as
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Think Mom's the Best? Share Her With a Sea Turtle
"My Dear Mother, I felt that this sea turtle also needed a mother as extraordinary as you, so I have adopted him in your name. From now on, he will
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It's Gonna Take a Lotta Love to Reforest Indonesia
Love is often said to blossom, but a new government initiative in the Indonesian district of Garut aims to make that metaphor literal by requiring newly married couples to plant 10 tree saplings.Two years ago, Indonesia
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April Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Though it was hard to get beyond the Obamania this month, the U.S. president's visit to Turkey helped spotlight
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'Green Drinks' Comes to Istanbul on April 28
It started, like so many good ideas do, with a couple of folks chatting over a beer. Twenty years later, the Green Drinks concept has spread to more than 488 cities in 49 countries -- finally making it to Istanbul this month.
