The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change ( tr, Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the
Republic of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, responsible for the environment, public works, and urban planning in Turkey. The ministry is headed by
Murat Kurum
Murat Kurum (born Ankara, 7 May 1976) is a Turkish engineer, technocrat, a member of parliament for the electoral district of Istanbul and former Ministry of Environment and Urbanization from July 2018 to June 2023.
After completing coursew ...
.
History
The Ministry was formed in 1983 through the merger of the Ministry of Public Works ( tr, Bayındırlık Bakanlığı, formed 3 May 1920) and the Ministry of Development and Housing ( tr, İmar ve İskan Bakanlığı, formed 1958). The result was the Ministry of Public Works and Housing ( tr, Bayındırlık ve İskan Bakanlığı), which was renamed to the current Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation on 29 June 2011. In 2021
climate change was added to the name.
Responsibilities
The ministry is responsible for combating
climate change in Turkey. Despite the
Energy Ministry being represented on the
Climate Change and Air Management Coordination Board, in 2018 the
European Commission criticised the lack of co-ordination between the climate change policy and
energy policy of Turkey
Energy consumption per person in Turkey is similar to the world average, and over 85 percent is from fossil fuels. From 1990 to 2017 annual primary energy supply tripled, but then remained constant to 2019. In 2019, Turkey's primary energ ...
. the chief climate change envoy is Mehmet Emin Birpınar, a Deputy Minister of Environment.
See also
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Air pollution in Turkey
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References
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