Urban sprawl

The issuance of new building permits for tourist facilities in areas outside town planning on the islands of Mykonos and Santorini has been suspended for one year.

The relevant decision, which was announced 10 days ago, was signed by Deputy Environment Environment Minister Dimitris Economou. 

I was in Beijing last week. I was lucky because there was a breeze during my stay. Without it, the sky is gray throughout, and the smog makes you cough incessantly. 

When you ask which feature is Turkey?s most important in terms of comparative advantages, all foreign investors reply ?geographic position.? Turkey?s second advantage is its young population. 

These two features have been engraved in our minds ever since elementary school but somehow we can never make use of them as a country.