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Industrial accident in Perama shipyard leaves one dead
An industrial accident in the repair shipyard at Perama left a 47-year-old crane operator dead on Monday. According to information, the accident took place during repairs carried out to a ship.
Gateway to Cappadocia ready for summer
The landscaping works and the construction of walking paths that have been continuing in Soğanlı Valley, known as the gateway to Cappadocia, will be finished soon.
Thanks to the recent works, the number of tourists in the valley has increased as they have the opportunity to view the historic structure from the air with the hot air balloons operated every day.
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Negligence behind crane accident, workers say
The Dec. 30 accident that caused the death of six people when the crane that was intended to be raised in the construction of a hotel in the Aegean province of İzmir fell towards the building for an unknown reason happened because the necessary safety precautions were not taken, workers on the construction site have claimed.
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Scientists find safe method to destroy ‘forever chemicals’
Forever chemicals" used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues, a result of their toxicity and extreme resistance to being broken down as waste products.
Bottled water: The profits of industries are “drying up”
Packaging materials, energy costs and transportation are eating up the profits of the domestic bottled water industry despite the forecasts for strong consumption in the summer season.
At the same time, consumers are paying more for water, while from next week prices will rise further due to the recycling fee, which is imposed on products that have plastic packaging.
Magical hot air balloons await guests in world’s oldest temple
Colorful hot air balloons took off at the famous ancient site of Göbeklitepe in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa province, kicking off the new season.
The tours organized with hot air balloons take off at sunrise three days a week near the world's oldest temple which 200,000 tourists visited last year only.
International hot air balloon festival starts in Cappadocia
A three-day international hot air balloon festival kicked off in Turkey's picturesque Cappadocia region on Aug. 28.
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Plastics importers to be licensed again
A ban on polyethylene plastics waste imports was lifted according to a presidential decree published on the Official Gazette.
Nearly 1,350 plastics recycling companies will have to apply for a license in accordance with their thermoprocessing capacity, the Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation (PAGEV) said.
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Thrace Plastics Pack: New 25.5 million euro investment program
Thrace Plastics Co SA in the context of the accurate, valid and timely information of the investor community announces an extraordinary investment plan, which was approved by the Board of Directors.
Sri Lanka: Great environmental disaster from the fire on a container ship (videos-photos)
The containers fell into the sea and the millions of pieces of polyethylene used to package products have covered 80 kilometers off the west coast of Sri Lanka