Selected Works

A planned shipbreaking operation in western Turkey has reignited debate over asbestos—an industrial material once widely used but now known to cause deadly diseases. Ship dismantling and recycling operations have been ongoing at the Aliağa port in İzmir since 1976. Improvements in health and environmental conditions began after the 2000s. / Photo: Reuters A decommissioned aircraft carrier built during the Cold War has become the centre of a heated environmental debate in Turk

Despite signs of improvement in water quality, volunteer divers in Istanbul say the city’s seas still conceal thousands of tonnes of rubbish — from tyres and batteries to construction debris — highlighting the scale of marine pollution. According to RTS report, the estimates show that over 1 million marine animals die each year due to plastic pollution in the ocean/ Photo: Pexels/Şemsi Belli More than two decades after the United Nations declared 22 March as World Water Day,

With millions facing food insecurity and traditional agriculture straining under climate pressure, scientists and entrepreneurs are experimenting with a surprising frontier: farming beneath the sea. Photo: nemosgarden.com The idea sounds like science fiction: vegetables growing in glass domes anchored to the seabed, nourished by desalinated seawater and sunlight filtering through the waves. But in the waters off Italy’s Riviera, it is already a reality. The project, known as

As countries accelerate their transition to renewable energy, researchers warn that the global energy system is still deeply tied to oil. But a growing movement argues that decentralised renewables could shift power—from fossil fuel states and corporations to citizens. Photo: Unsplash.com/@thomasrichter For decades, the global energy system has been shaped by oil. But the rise of renewable energy is not just about reducing carbon emissions. For some scholars and activists, it