Overpopulation

A group of Spaniards reported to be in Turkey's eastern province of Tunceli to hunt mountain goats despite it being prohibited has caused discomfort and anger among locals, sparking a nationwide debate.

Activists and non-governmental organizations filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor's office in order to prevent visitors from hunting and leaving the city.

The number of "platoni," a subspecies of fallow deer (Dama dama), living in forested areas of the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes has jumped from around 200 a few years ago to more than 5,000, according to a recent census conducted as part of a plan for their management, in response to the problem caused by their overpopulation, mainly in terms of crop damage.

A quarter of the world's population will be African within 35 years, the UN children's agency said on Tuesday, as the continent's birth rates continue to rapidly rise.        

Turkey has witnessed several demographic changes over the past few decades that have changed the age composition of its population, according to figures released by Turkish Statistical Institute's figures released on July 11.

A new United Nations report says that the world population is increasingly urban with more than half living in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66 percent by 2050 More than half of the world’s seven billion people live in urban areas, with the top “mega cities” - with more than 10 million inhabitants - being Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mexico City and Sao Paulo