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Bears belong outside. Photo: Peter Mulligan / Creative Commons.
Some bars have a pool table or a dart board to entertain customers. Others might have a bunch of flat-screen TVs, or even a mechanical bull. In Ukraine, dozens of drinking establishments have a bear. A real, live bear. That gets forced to drink Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:36 am in bees, Food & Health, honey, pesticides, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger
Honey for sale in Polonezköy, an Istanbul village. Photo: ccarlstead / Creative Commons
If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal). But though Turkey is one of the world's top honey producers, ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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4:46 pm in artists, arts, Culture & Celebrity, drinking water, exhibits, italy, turkey by TreeHugger
Ayşe Erkmen's 'Plan B.' Photo: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV).
Water-treatment plants might not seem to have much aesthetic potential. But Turkish sculptor Ayşe Erkmen is making a splash at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:30 am in boats, oceans, pollution, tourism, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger
Aerial view of Ölüdeniz, Turkey. Photo: Dan Taylor / Creative Commons.
With its crescent of white sand framing a blue lagoon, the Mediterranean town of Ölüdeniz has long been considered one of the most paradisiacal spots on Turkey's increasingly built-up coastline. But growing concerns about pollution in the area have come to a head recently, leadin...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:32 pm in insects, News, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger
Tulips have been one of the targets of smugglers. Photo: Jennifer Hattam.
Illegal attempts to spirit endemic species out of the country appear to be on the rise in Turkey, where officials have recently busted a number of would-be smugglers with large cargos of butterflies and other insects, as well as rare tulips and other plants....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:40 am in conservation, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger
Silhouette of an oak tree. Photo: Brian Michelsen / Creative Commons.
New roads are built all the time in Turkey without much fuss, but the prospect of losing a massive oak tree that had stood in their town for 800 years brought residents of one Aegean village out into the streets recently to halt the completion of the Denizli-Salihli Highway....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:00 am in Business & Politics, cities, dams, forestry, turkey, urban planning by TreeHugger
The Turkish Parliament. Photo: TBMM.
Are the foxes watching the hen house in Turkey? That seems to be the feeling among many environmentalists and urban planners, who greeted with skepticism the announcement Wednesday of the new Turkish government cabinet following elections in mid-June. The figures selected to head up top-level forestry and environment ministries are veterans of state agencies much-criticized for their aggressive dam-b...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:42 pm in cities, Design & Architecture, egypt, News, turkey, urban life, urban planning by TreeHugger
Dense urban development in Cairo (left) and Istanbul (right). Photos: reibai / Creative Commons (L) and Jennifer Hattam (R).
Rapid urban expansion has turned the historic cities of Cairo and Istanbul into overcrowded, Read the full story on TreeHugger
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4:27 pm in animals, awards, conservation, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger
'Emerging Explorer' Çağan Şekercioğlu radio-tracking birds in Costa Rica. Photo: Kuzey Doğa.
They work in Cambodia, South Central Los Angeles, and East Africa, online and in the ocean. They chase after rare birds and insects, develop solar irrigation systems and eco-friendly composting toilets. All, though, are "making a significant contribution to world knowledge through expl...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:00 am in Business & Politics, plastic bags, turkey, World Environment Day by TreeHugger
Bozcaada: Now plastic-bag free. Photo: Jennifer Hattam.
With its secluded beaches, laidback wineries, winding country roads, and the cobbled backstreets of its quaint harbor village, the Turkish Aegean island of Bozcaada doesn't need much in the way of improvement. But as of today, this peaceful getaway will be just that much more beautiful, thanks to a new law ridding t...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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