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

Can globalization be a source of unhappiness? Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the localization movement, spoke about the effects of globalization and the methods of a “happiness economy.” According to Hodge, people in Sweden suffer from loneliness, while many in Turkey feel unhappy because they see their economic situation as inadequate. Approximately 251 million children and youth worldwide are out of school, according to a 2024 UNESCO report/ Photo: Pexels/ Harsha Vardha

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