Given the current stalemate in the full EU membership process, it is unlikely that
this situation will change soon. Indeed, although the EU-style of policy-making is
still partly implemented in practice through EU-induced policy learning processes,
given Turkey’s recent situation, which is mostly dominated by hotly disputed
political, economic and security issues, it is not realistic to see environmental issues
as a priority area on the country’s agenda in the near future. This can be easily seen
in the on-going negotiations with the EU on a range of environmental issues in the
chapter on Environment and Climate Change. That is, in a nutshell, the road
towards having environmental policies capable of producing impacts based on the
sustainable development principle seems to be a long and troublesome one for
Turkey.
This book aims to be one of the first to conduct a systematic comprehensive
analysis of Turkish environmental law and policiess. Therefore, it includes research
which deals with the key themes of Turkish environmental law and policies and
highlights the concerns and challenges about them, and also, learned lessons, new
perspectives, and responses indicating that Turkey requires further assistance in the
future process. Thus, while covering many aspects of Turkish environmental law
and policies today under four main sections (not articulated in the contents) –
Environmental Law in Turkey, Environmental Management in Turkey, Addressing
Environmental Struggles in Turkey, Environmental Justice Movements from
Bottom-up – it aims to improve the research through studies on how to understand
the lessons learned to date, and from an academic perspective, how to advance and
solve them woth well-argued new perspectives and alternative ways.
However, there is still a need for specific works on the concerns, challenges and
management methods regarding fundamental themes of Turkish environmental law
and policies, such as air pollution; marine pollution; water pollution; solid and
hazardous waste; the protection of flora and fauna, including the matters of land
degradation, deforestation, wetlands, and biodiversity; agricultural policy; urban
planning and green/sustainable cities; climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Turkey’s energy strategy and its impact on the environment; renewable energy and
green technologies. Further studies are also required on concepts like environmental
security, environmental justice, environmental governance, environmental education, environmental movements, NGOs, the impacts on the economy and financial
challenges.
They should also be supported by works on the practical side of the subject, that
is, on the fields of compliance, implementation, enforcement, case-law and comparative analyses of the different legal systems in different countries.
It is hereby hoped that this book will take the lead in fostering that kind of future
research on Turkish environmental law and policies and will induce new contributions in the field.
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this situation will change soon. Indeed, although the EU-style of policy-making is
still partly implemented in practice through EU-induced policy learning processes,
given Turkey’s recent situation, which is mostly dominated by hotly disputed
political, economic and security issues, it is not realistic to see environmental issues
as a priority area on the country’s agenda in the near future. This can be easily seen
in the on-going negotiations with the EU on a range of environmental issues in the
chapter on Environment and Climate Change. That is, in a nutshell, the road
towards having environmental policies capable of producing impacts based on the
sustainable development principle seems to be a long and troublesome one for
Turkey.
This book aims to be one of the first to conduct a systematic comprehensive
analysis of Turkish environmental law and policiess. Therefore, it includes research
which deals with the key themes of Turkish environmental law and policies and
highlights the concerns and challenges about them, and also, learned lessons, new
perspectives, and responses indicating that Turkey requires further assistance in the
future process. Thus, while covering many aspects of Turkish environmental law
and policies today under four main sections (not articulated in the contents) –
Environmental Law in Turkey, Environmental Management in Turkey, Addressing
Environmental Struggles in Turkey, Environmental Justice Movements from
Bottom-up – it aims to improve the research through studies on how to understand
the lessons learned to date, and from an academic perspective, how to advance and
solve them woth well-argued new perspectives and alternative ways.
However, there is still a need for specific works on the concerns, challenges and
management methods regarding fundamental themes of Turkish environmental law
and policies, such as air pollution; marine pollution; water pollution; solid and
hazardous waste; the protection of flora and fauna, including the matters of land
degradation, deforestation, wetlands, and biodiversity; agricultural policy; urban
planning and green/sustainable cities; climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Turkey’s energy strategy and its impact on the environment; renewable energy and
green technologies. Further studies are also required on concepts like environmental
security, environmental justice, environmental governance, environmental education, environmental movements, NGOs, the impacts on the economy and financial
challenges.
They should also be supported by works on the practical side of the subject, that
is, on the fields of compliance, implementation, enforcement, case-law and comparative analyses of the different legal systems in different countries.
It is hereby hoped that this book will take the lead in fostering that kind of future
research on Turkish environmental law and policies and will induce new contributions in the field.
162
Z. Savaşan