Tag: Turkey - Page 6
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Muslims Fight Food Waste During Ramadan
When the evening call to prayer rang out as I went to board the tram the other night, the platform attendant
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Anti-Littering Campaigns: An Idea Whose Time Has (More Than) Come in Turkey and Iran
In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the
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Turkish Energy Minister to Environmentalists: If You Hate Our Policy So Much, Stop Using Energy
The persistently high temperatures that have many parts of Turkey sweltering also have the country's air conditioners cranking
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'Empty' Spaces are Full of Life in Berlin -- For Now
In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the pleasure
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World's Sixth-Largest River Discovered Under the Black Sea
The broad and powerful Bosphorus defines Istanbul, splitting the city into two continents and
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Turkey and Syria Bond Over Saving the Bald Ibis
It's got an awfully ugly mug to have inspired any kind of romantic association, but our guide at the bird sanctuary in Birecik, on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey,
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July Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
With summer in
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Organic Bath-Time Luxury from the Land of Hamams
A Turkish brother-and-sister team combine two of their country's distinctive offerings: the hamam, or Turkish bath, and organic cotton.
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Forest Fires Become Weapon, Battleground in Turkey
As the weather finally starts to heat up in Turkey, hot and dry parts of the country move into their annual state of high alert over forest fires, which generally strike each summer. But villagers in the
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Avoiding a BP-Style Disaster on the Bosphorus
The sight of dozens of mammoth tankers anchored off the coast of Istanbul, or of lone ones passing underneath the two high Bosphorus bridges as they steam their way to
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June Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
People passing down Istanbul's busy
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Centuries-Old State of the Art Still Useful Today
Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara,
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Forced to Cut Back, One Die-Hard Bacon Lover Learns to See the Merit in a Bit of Moderation
In my social group of foreigners living in Istanbul, the high price of pork products -- unpopular eats in a predominantly Muslim country -- is a constant lament. But in the countries we hail from, according to the
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Historical Building Gives Hints About Ancient Fauna
If you weren't already convinced of the importance of preserving historical monuments, here's another good reason to keep the past
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World's Largest Land Art Exhibit Opens in Turkey's Super-Scenic Cappadocia Region
The surreal natural formations of Turkey's Cappadocia region, where soft volcanic rocks have eroded over the eons into
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May Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
The deaths of at least 28
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Relinquishment Can Be Fun! Redefining the Pursuit of Happiness to Create a Greener World
Before I moved to Istanbul, I always thought of eating seasonally as a great idea in theory, but kind of a
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Getting Developing Nations on a Greener Path Without Creating a New Renewable Energy 'Colonialism'
No matter how much it might help the environment for fewer nations to produce and consume at U.S.-style levels, slowing global
