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Air Pollution In Turkey
Air pollution in Turkey is the most lethal of the nation's environmental issues, with almost everyone across the country exposed to more than World Health Organization guidelines. Over 30,000 people die each year from air pollution-related illnesses; over 8% of the country's deaths. Researchers estimate that reducing air pollution to World Health Organization limits would save seven times the number of lives that were lost in traffic accidents in 2017. Road transport in Turkish cities and coal in Turkey are major polluters, but the main factor affecting air pollution levels is vehicle density. The number of vehicles traversing Turkey's roads has increased from 4 million in 1990 to 25 million in 2020. Additionally, ambient air quality and national emissions ceilings do not meet EU standards, and unlike other European countries, many air pollution indicators are not available in Turkey. There is no limit on very small airborne particles (PM2.5), which cause lung diseas ...
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Smog Istanbul
Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words ''smoke'' and ''fog'' to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odor. The word was then intended to refer to what was sometimes known as pea soup fog, a familiar and serious problem in London from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. This kind of visible air pollution is composed of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxide, ozone, smoke and other particulates. Man-made smog is derived from coal combustion emissions, vehicular emissions, industrial emissions, forest and agricultural fires and photochemical reactions of these emissions. Smog is often categorized as being either summer smog or winter smog. Summer smog is primarily associated with the photochemical formation of ozone. During the summer season when the temperatures are warmer and there is more sunlight present, photochemical smog is the dominant type of smog formation. Durin ...
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Daily Sabah
The ''Daily Sabah'' (lit. "Daily Morning") is a Turkish pro-government daily, published in Turkey. Available in English, Arabic, and owned by Turkuvaz Media Group, ''Daily Sabah'' published its first issue on 24 February 2014. The editor-in-chief is Ibrahim Altay. The newspaper has been frequently called a propaganda outlet for the Turkish government and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is owned by a friend of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. History The ''Daily Sabah'' was established in 2014 when a highly-antagonistic political climate reigned in Turkish politics. After the conflict in December 2013 between the Gulen movement, a religious civil society organization with some political aspirations, and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Gulen movement's ''Today's Zaman'' turned into an ardent critic of the ruling AKP. To balance the critical discourse against the AKP by ''Today's Zaman'' and ''Hürriyet Daily News'', a secular critic of the AKP, ''Dail ...
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Doğan Media Group
Doğan Media Group (''Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş.'') was a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğan Holding conglomerate. The company was established in 1997 to bring together Doğan's media properties. These include the '' Posta'', ''Hürriyet'' (including '' Fanatik''), and ''Radikal'' newspapers, the television channels Kanal D and CNN Türk, and the Doğan News Agency. It also operated ''Doğan Kitap'', a major book publisher, and ''Doğan Music Company'', a major music label. Doğan also operated print facilities and media distribution, for other newspapers and magazines as well as its own. From 1979 to 2011, Doğan Media Group owned '' Milliyet'' and ''Vatan''. In August 2014, Doğan Holding announced its plan to take over Doğan Media Group with all its assets and liabilities and absorb it. The takeover was completed on 26 August 2014 and Doğan Media Group was dissolved. Doğan Holding chairperson Begüm Faralyalı said the merger would lead to a 'more simple mana ...
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Hürriyet Daily News
The ''Hürriyet Daily News'', formerly ''Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review'' and ''Turkish Daily News'', is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey, founded in 1961. The paper was bought by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and has been under the media group's flagship ''Hürriyet'' from 2006; both papers were sold to Demirören Holding in 2018. Ideology ''Hürriyet Daily News'' has generally taken a secular and liberal or centre-left position on most political issues, in contrast to Turkey's other main English-language daily, the '' Daily Sabah'', which is closely aligned with the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Another conservative competitor, the Gülen movement-run '' Today's Zaman'', was shut down by the government following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. In May 2018, the new Erdoğan-aligned owners appointed a new editor and publisher and stated that they intended to run the paper as an independent, non-partisan voice, in ...
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Feza Publications
Feza Publications Inc. (''Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş'') was a Turkish media conglomerate established in 1986. It had the ownership over the '' Zaman'', '' Today's Zaman'' newspapers, the Cihan News Agency, as well as the ''Aksiyon ''Aksiyon'' ( en, Action, italic=yes) was a Turkish news magazine. The magazine was close to the Gülen movement. It was established by Feza Publications in 1994. In 2008 it was described by its ''Today's Zaman'' sister newspaper as "the most w ...'', news magazine, the book publisher Zaman Kitap and Irmak TV channel. Feza Media Group was ranked 244th in top 500 companies in Turkey according to Istanbul Chamber of Industry's ISO500. The company was associated with the Gulen movement, whose members became victims of Erdogan government's oppression since 2013 All of its media outlets in Turkey were closed by the government following the 2016 coup attempt. Staff Chief Executive Officers were Ekrem Dumanlı(2002-2015) and Abdulhamit Bilici(2015-2016) E ...
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Today's Zaman
''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included domestic and international coverage, and regularly published topical supplements. Its contributors included cartoonist Cem Kızıltuğ. On 4 March 2016, a state administrator was appointed to run ''Zaman'' as well as ''Today's Zaman''. Since a series of corruption investigations went public on 17 December 2013 which targeted high ranking government officials, the Turkish government has been putting pressure on media organizations that are critical of it. , the website of ''Today's Zaman'' had not been updated since 5 March, while all archived articles prior to March 2016 were removed. On July 20, 2016, five days after the military coup attempt, ''Today's Zaman'' was shut down after an executive decree by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan R ...
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Soma Power Station
Soma power station (formerly Soma B power station) is a 990 MW coal-fired power station in Soma, Manisa in western Turkey. In 2020 of the 6 units 2 were shut down. Steam from the plant is used for residential heating in the winter. Illness and deaths due to air pollution According to Greenpeace Soma is the deadliest power station in Turkey, and deadlier than any power station in Europe, being responsible for 13 thousand lost years of life and 282 thousand lost working days in 2010. Although the company is contracted to install pollution control, such as desulpherization it may not be financially viable to do so. Subsidies In 2018 the plant received 110 million lira capacity payments, and 148 million in 2019 both the largest in Turkey. Coal The power station burns lignite from the nearby Soma coal mine. References External links WRIID: WRI1018707 Soma power stationon Global Energy Monitor Global Energy Monitor (GEM) is a San Francisco-based non-governmental organizati ...
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Yeniköy Power Plant Milas Muğla Turkey
Yeniköy ('New Village' in Turkish, written يڭى كوى in Ottoman Turkish), sometimes written as two words Yeni Köy, may refer to one of the following places: In Turkey * Yeniköy, Istanbul, a neighborhood in Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey ** Yeniköy Synagogue, a synagogue in the neighborhood * Yeniköy, Adıyaman * Yeniköy, Alaca * Yeniköy, Alanya * Yeniköy, Aydın * Yeniköy (Dalama), Aydın * Yeniköy, Babadağ * Yeniköy, Bala * Yeniköy, Bartın * Yeniköy, Batman * Yeniköy, Bayat * Yeniköy, Bayburt * Yeniköy, Bayramiç * Yeniköy, Besni * Yeniköy, Bigadiç * Yeniköy, Bilecik * Yeniköy, Bolu * Yeniköy, Bozdoğan * Yeniköy, Bursa * Yeniköy, Çerkeş * Yeniköy, Çilimli * Yeniköy, Çine * Yeniköy, Çüngüş * Yeniköy, Dodurga * Yeniköy, Emirdağ * Yeniköy, Ergani * Yeniköy, Erzincan * Yeniköy, Ezine * Yeniköy, Gazipaşa * Yeniköy, Gelibolu * Yeniköy, Gölbaşı * Yeniköy, Göle * Yeniköy, Göynücek * Yeni ...
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Health Effects Of Coal-fired Power Stations In Turkey 2019
Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organization''– ''Basic Documents'', Forty-fifth edition, Supplement, October 2006. A variety of definitions have been used for different purposes over time. Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities, such as regular physical exercise and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations, such as smoking or excessive stress. Some factors affecting health are due to individual choices, such as whether to engage in a high-risk behavior, while others are due to structural causes, such as whether the society is arranged in a way that makes it easier or harder for people to get necessary healthcare services. Still, other factors are beyond both individual and group choices, such as genetic disorders. H ...
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