Young climate activists feel deterred by financial and legal pressures in Turkey

Anna Montraveta Riu

Carlos Ortega Sánchez

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Burcu Dolanbay

Dec 11, 2023

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Activists protest the logging of the Akbelen forest in İkizköy, Muğla. © Anıl Işık

This summer, Turkish social media was buzzing with news of demonstrations to save the Akbelen forest, where protesters faced-off with riot police in effort to stop the expansion of a coal mine.

While the protesters were pushed aside and the coal mine plans proceeded, the Ak…

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A guest post by

Anna Montraveta Riu

Freelance journalist based in Istanbul. She covers Turkey, Greece and Cyprus for different Catalan and Spanish media. Specialised in international journalism on humanitarian and migration issues. She has won the Lluís Espinal journalism award.

A guest post by

Carlos Ortega Sánchez

Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University. He conducts his research on Turkey’s foreign politics, religious identity, and transnationalism.

A guest post by

Burcu Dolanbay

Burcu Dolanbay is an independent researcher. Her research focuses mainly on the intersection of environmental policymaking and post-conflict reconstruction.