struggles in the legal field are also significant, but it is an expert specific area and
less known by ordinary people.
In this framework, Transparency International Turkey and the Environmental
Law Association tried to create an initial step for a more open and accessible
struggle in the field of law for environmental conflicts. It provided opportunities for
discussing the challenges stated above and a good starting point for other projects
and the environmental struggle in Turkey.
This paper stated and evaluated crucial steps, problems and findings of the
project by taking primary problematic areas in this struggle into consideration.
Considering circumventing the law, protection of the environment as a superior
public interest, international agreements, urgent expropriation, expertise reports,
and decisions in favour of people were given as examples, as it is believed that an
increase in the number of good examples will increase the power of the struggle.
Even if it is hard to run this kind of projects, it is important that an increase in the
number and quality of them is crucial for environmental struggles, because these
examples provide more space for people to connect with each other and share
information and they also serve to improve transparency, ease of access to information and participation in processes.
Acknowledgement This paper is a product of the “Turkey Map of Environmental Violations”
project, numbered TR2011/013507-011/20, which was funded by the European Union under the
Developing Civil Dialogue among CSOs Grant Scheme and undertaken by Transparency
International Turkey and the Environmental Law Association.
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and Accession Lecture Notes]”, in: Ülkemizde Hukuk Kaynaklarına Erişim ve Veri Bankaları
(Ankara: Ankara University, Open Class Materials).
Alpsoy, Arif Nihat (2015). Çevre Davaları: Mevzuat, Kurum ve Kavram İlişkileri [Environmental
Cases: Legislation, Institution and Concept Relations]. (Istanbul: Uluslararası Şeffaflık
Derneği/Çevre Hukuku Derneği).
Artvinden (2015). “Türkiye’nin En Büyük Çevre Davasında 18 Bin TL Keşif Ücreti [18
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artvinden.com/en-buyuk-cevre-davasinda-18-bin-tl-kesif-ucreti/ (retrieved 16 July 2016).
Berk, Seda Kalem (2011). Türkiye’de Adalete Erişim: Göstergeler ve Öneriler [Access to Justice
in Turkey: Indicators and Recommendations] (Istanbul: TUSEV): 51–56.
Cengiz, Pelin (2014). “10 maddede Çevre Yönetmeliği’nde yapılan değişiklikler ne anlama
geliyor? [What do the amendments to 10 articles in the Environmental Regulation mean?]”, at:
https://kuzeyormanlari.org/2014/11/26/10-maddede-cevre-yonetmeliginde-yapilandegisiklikler-ne-anlama-geliyor/ (retrieved 15 December 2019).
Constitutional Court (2007). Docket No. 2007/105, in: Alpsoy, Arif Nihat: Çevre Davaları:
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Derneği).
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Hukuku Derneği).
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less known by ordinary people.
In this framework, Transparency International Turkey and the Environmental
Law Association tried to create an initial step for a more open and accessible
struggle in the field of law for environmental conflicts. It provided opportunities for
discussing the challenges stated above and a good starting point for other projects
and the environmental struggle in Turkey.
This paper stated and evaluated crucial steps, problems and findings of the
project by taking primary problematic areas in this struggle into consideration.
Considering circumventing the law, protection of the environment as a superior
public interest, international agreements, urgent expropriation, expertise reports,
and decisions in favour of people were given as examples, as it is believed that an
increase in the number of good examples will increase the power of the struggle.
Even if it is hard to run this kind of projects, it is important that an increase in the
number and quality of them is crucial for environmental struggles, because these
examples provide more space for people to connect with each other and share
information and they also serve to improve transparency, ease of access to information and participation in processes.
Acknowledgement This paper is a product of the “Turkey Map of Environmental Violations”
project, numbered TR2011/013507-011/20, which was funded by the European Union under the
Developing Civil Dialogue among CSOs Grant Scheme and undertaken by Transparency
International Turkey and the Environmental Law Association.
References
Açık Ders (n.d.). “BBY 309 Hukuk Kaynakları ve Erişim Ders Notları [BBY 309 Law Sources
and Accession Lecture Notes]”, in: Ülkemizde Hukuk Kaynaklarına Erişim ve Veri Bankaları
(Ankara: Ankara University, Open Class Materials).
Alpsoy, Arif Nihat (2015). Çevre Davaları: Mevzuat, Kurum ve Kavram İlişkileri [Environmental
Cases: Legislation, Institution and Concept Relations]. (Istanbul: Uluslararası Şeffaflık
Derneği/Çevre Hukuku Derneği).
Artvinden (2015). “Türkiye’nin En Büyük Çevre Davasında 18 Bin TL Keşif Ücreti [18
Thousand TL Discovery Fare in Turkey’s Largest Environmental Litigation]”, at: https://www.
artvinden.com/en-buyuk-cevre-davasinda-18-bin-tl-kesif-ucreti/ (retrieved 16 July 2016).
Berk, Seda Kalem (2011). Türkiye’de Adalete Erişim: Göstergeler ve Öneriler [Access to Justice
in Turkey: Indicators and Recommendations] (Istanbul: TUSEV): 51–56.
Cengiz, Pelin (2014). “10 maddede Çevre Yönetmeliği’nde yapılan değişiklikler ne anlama
geliyor? [What do the amendments to 10 articles in the Environmental Regulation mean?]”, at:
https://kuzeyormanlari.org/2014/11/26/10-maddede-cevre-yonetmeliginde-yapilandegisiklikler-ne-anlama-geliyor/ (retrieved 15 December 2019).
Constitutional Court (2007). Docket No. 2007/105, in: Alpsoy, Arif Nihat: Çevre Davaları:
Mevzuat, Kurum ve Kavram İlişkileri (Istanbul: Uluslararası Şeffaflık Derneği/Çevre Hukuku
Derneği).
Council of State (2001). Judicial Chamber 10, Docket No. 2001/598, in: Alpsoy, Arif Nihat: Çevre
Davaları: Mevzuat, Kurum ve Kavram İlişkileri (Istanbul: Uluslararası Şeffaflık Derneği/Çevre
Hukuku Derneği).
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