Artvin Province

Plans to establish a hydropower plant and a regulator in the Borçka district of the Black Sea province of Artvin has been scrapped over concerns that the project may pose risks to the local environment and bee population unique to the area.

A village in the Black Sea province of Artvin that submerged five years ago has reemerged after water level in the nearby Deriner Dam plunged as much as 37 meters.

Some 4 million cubic meters of concrete are planned to be used in the construction of the Yusufeli Dam, located in the Black Sea province of Artvin, which will become Turkey's highest dam upon completion.

A group of 30 media representatives visited the Cerattepe region of the Kafkasör highland in the Black Sea province of Artvin, examining and reporting the damage caused by a planned mine construction in the area, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 13.

Are Native Americans luckier than people from our Black Sea province of Artvin? As I am writing this piece, I don't know the answer to this question because the "Cerattepe" case, which is defined as Turkey's biggest environmental case, was still ongoing in the Black Sea province of Rize. 

Turkey's highest glass observation terrace, which was established by the Directorate of Nature Conversation and National Park in the Hatila Valley National Park in the northern province of Artvin, is drawing great interest from visitors.  

For days we have been holding our breath waiting for the resistance at Cerattepe, Artvin to yield results. The positive news we got the other day halting the mine construction work certainly relieved us all. 

Work to construct a mine in Artvin's Cerattepe area despite public anger from locals has been halted until a judicial process is completed following a Feb. 24 meeting between a delegation from the province and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is set to meet with a delegation from the Black Sea province of Artvin on Feb. 24, in a bid to resolve ongoing unrest over plans to build a new mine in Artvin's Cerattepe district.

Turkish security forces fired tear gas on the second day of a protest against a gold mine being built in an ecologically pristine area in the country's Black Sea region.