Thursday marked the first anniversary of the worst forest fire the southern Turkish province of Antalya has ever seen. The town of Manavgat was at the...
With the high season for forest fires underway, the Interior Ministry has issued instructions to the governorates of Turkey’s 81 provinces, ordering them to ban visitors...
The Istanbul Governorate announced that entrance to forests in the city was restricted between July 5 and July 31. The governorate said in a statement on...
As urban settlements grow and big cities turn into concrete jungles, Turkey adheres to its longstanding policy of increasing the size of forests. Forestation efforts gained...
Turkey wants to increase its forest areas to one-third of the country’s total area by 2023, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, adding that all countries...
