Climate Change and Environment

Press release… The ‘Sustainable Manisa Summit’ organised by Manisa Metropolitan Municipality in line with its vision to combat climate change brought together academics, civil society leaders, business representatives and local government officials from many cities across Türkiye. Ali Kındap Speaking to participants at the summit’s session titled ‘Geothermal Greenhouse Farming …

Press release… Professor Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu, a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University and President of the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D), highlighted the importance of plastics in our lives in her statement on World Environment Day on 5 June 2025. She emphasised that our plastics contain hidden petroleum …

Tropical rainforests are vanishing at an alarming rate, with fires and climate change driving the destruction of thousands of square kilometers every day… Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: That is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last year, due in large measure to …

Gaziantep Commodity Exchange (GTB) Chairman Mehmet Akıncı, in his message published on the occasion of 15 May World Climate Day, said that climate change has become one of the biggest global threats to humanity. Climate change impacts various aspects of life, including agriculture, industry, economy and health, disrupting the balance …

Press release… Hemp, which stands out with its wide range of usage areas and environmentally friendly features, is shown among the strategic raw materials of the future. At the Hemp for a Sustainable Future Workshop organised by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) and the Izmir Branch of the Chamber of …

Press release… Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, said that grain production reduces the pressure on agricultural income… Tiryakioğlu, who drew attention to the fact that frost-related losses are particularly concentrated in fruit production areas, while grains, pulses and …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, who is also a producer, stated that climate change has made itself felt more clearly today and that it is imperative to switch to covered production and to spread agricultural insurance in order to prevent the …

In eastern Black Sea province of Trabzon’s Yomra district, investor Elif Çakıroğlu’s agricultural move, which started 6 years ago when she travelled to America, turned from a container-type mini plant factory into a greenhouse. Çakıroğlu, who made sustainable agriculture possible with the technological greenhouses she established, also paved the way …

Dursun Yıldız, Chairperson of the Water Policies Association, warned about the droughts, water allocation crises and inter-basin water transfers across Turkey and emphasised that the current water management approach should be radically changed. Stating that Türkiye is under the influence of climate change, Dursun Yıldız said, “Water resources are distributed …

Türkiye’s northwestern Thracian region, known for its agricultural output of wheat and barley, faces the risk of its most severe drought in history if rain does not occur in the coming days, warns an expert. İbrahim Toruk “In the absence of rain for the next several days, we predict that wheat crops will fail …