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Architects criticize municipality's redevelopment project for Taksim Square
The Chamber of Architects and the Chamber of Urban Planners have reacted negatively to plans that would lead to Istanbulâs iconic Taksim Square being decorated with ponds, small groups of trees and benches, according to a fresh project approved by the local preservation board.
Top Turkish court annuls environmental report over failure to inform locals
Turkeyâs Council of State has annulled the environmental impact assessment report prepared for the construction of the Susuz hydroelectric power plant (HES) in the Black Sea province of Artvin, arguing in a landmark ruling that locals were not sufficiently informed about the effects of the facility.
Turkish court stops wind farm project, saves ‘Auntie’ Remziye’s olive grove
Turkeyâs Council of State has ordered a stay of execution for the governmentâs decision to âurgently expropriateâ an olive grove in western Turkey in order to build a wind farm power plant, marking a legal victory for the plotâs 80-year-old owner, âAuntieâ Remziye Saatli.
Top court declares river threatened by new HES project natural protected area
Turkeyâs Council of State approved on June 30 an earlier ruling declaring the Alakır River in the Mediterranean province of Antalya a natural protected area.
A total of four hydroelectric plants (HES), have so far been constructed along the 70-kilometer-long river, which takes its water source from the Bey Mountains, west of Antalya.
Turkey’s Council of State suspends hotel construction in Cappadocia, warns of damage to nature
Turkeyâs Council of State issued on June 16 a stay of execution for the construction of a hotel in Cappadocia, on the grounds that it would damage the natural landscape, news website Bianet has reported.