Turkish Green Party
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Women hold placards and shot slogans during a protest against Turkey's announced withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul in March 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
Turkey’s Ambitious Greens Aim to Colour Country’s Politics
While Turkey's worsening economic crisis and identity politics and its leader's foreign policy decisions are generally seen as the country's most important issues, environmental problems are mounting up in the background.
A recent increase in mining licences, decades-long energy policies, grand construction projects and poor monitoring of pollution have all had damaging consequences.