"Akbil knows the value of your kuru?" (the Turkish equivalent of pennies), says this ad from Istanbul's transit agency. Photo via ?ETT.
Besides holding more than 12 times as many inhabitants and being way, way bigger, I like to tell people, Istanbul is a lot like my hometown of San Francisco -- geographically, at least. From my neighborhood on the city's European side, I can look across the sparkling waters of the Bosphorus to the industrial shipyards and, above, the greener, more residential hills of the Asian side, a view reminiscent in many ways of that from San Francisco to the Port of O...Read the full story on TreeHuggerPosts Tagged ‘turkey’
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
"Akbil knows the value of your kuru?" (the Turkish equivalent of pennies), says this ad from Istanbul's transit agency. Photo via ?ETT.
Besides holding more than 12 times as many inhabitants and being way, way bigger, I like to tell people, Istanbul is a lot like my hometown of San Francisco -- geographically, at least. From my neighborhood on the city's European side, I can look across the sparkling waters of the Bosphorus to the industrial shipyards and, above, the greener, more residential hills of the Asian side, a view reminiscent in many ways of that from San Francisco to the Port of O...Read the full story on TreeHuggerJuly Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Flamingo populations are on the rise in Turkey. Unfortunately, so is the amount of improperly disposed medical waste. Photos by suneko via Flickr (left) and Today's Zaman (right).
This past month was anything but short on developments of interest to environmentalists, with a deal being inked to build the Nabucco natural-gas pipeline, European funders pulling out of the Read the full story on TreeHuggerTurkey’s Smoking Ban Not Enough to Clear the Air
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Billboards advertising the smoking ban promote a "completely smoke-free Istanbul."
The final implementation earlier this month of Turkey's ban on smoking was hailed as a huge victory for public health. On billboards all around Istanbul, smiley-faced bubbles floated across clear blue skies alongside messages such as "Hello to a smoke-free Turkey." But one environmental engineer says it will take more than banning cigarettes in enclosed spaces to truly clear the air....Read the full story on TreeHugger