with discourse and legal document analysis as well as mass and social media
analysis of Turkey’s HEPP policies, they conduct a field-study in south-western
Turkey which includes observations on the social and environmental impacts of
Turkey’s small-scale HEPP venture.
In their concluding remarks, they indicate the malfunction of meaningful participation in the HEPP processes in Turkey, referring to their case studies, which
show that despite the existence of a relevant legal framework in the Turkish legal
system, especially within the EIA by-laws, a degree of meaningful participation has
not been achieved within the official process. Instead, it has been accomplished
through the locals’ own attempts.
The book ends with a conclusion by Zerrin Savaşan. As a wrapping-up argument, Savaşan mentions the continuities and changes that Turkey’s environmental
policy has undergone in the last few decades. Savaşan reiterates that it is necessary
for Turkey to establish a well-structured and well-functioning environmental
management system, involving legal, administrative and judicial capacity to ensure
its successful implementation, compliance and enforcement. Indeed, the findings
laid out in different chapters of this book already demonstrate that a mechanism
which includes rich legislation and institutionalisation already seems to exist in
Turkey, along with active and engaged participation in international efforts to deal
with environmental problems; but this mechanism does not work well without the
will to take serious steps and without taking into account the balance between
protection of the environment and development.
Lastly, the author also highlights the need for specific works on the concerns,
challenges and management methods regarding fundamental themes of Turkish
environmental law and policies; and for works on the practical side of the subject,
that is, on the fields of compliance, implementation, enforcement, case-law and
comparative analyses of different legal systems of different countries, to support and
complement the systematic comprehensive analysis of Turkish environmental law
and policies within this particular book.
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Z. Savaşan
analysis of Turkey’s HEPP policies, they conduct a field-study in south-western
Turkey which includes observations on the social and environmental impacts of
Turkey’s small-scale HEPP venture.
In their concluding remarks, they indicate the malfunction of meaningful participation in the HEPP processes in Turkey, referring to their case studies, which
show that despite the existence of a relevant legal framework in the Turkish legal
system, especially within the EIA by-laws, a degree of meaningful participation has
not been achieved within the official process. Instead, it has been accomplished
through the locals’ own attempts.
The book ends with a conclusion by Zerrin Savaşan. As a wrapping-up argument, Savaşan mentions the continuities and changes that Turkey’s environmental
policy has undergone in the last few decades. Savaşan reiterates that it is necessary
for Turkey to establish a well-structured and well-functioning environmental
management system, involving legal, administrative and judicial capacity to ensure
its successful implementation, compliance and enforcement. Indeed, the findings
laid out in different chapters of this book already demonstrate that a mechanism
which includes rich legislation and institutionalisation already seems to exist in
Turkey, along with active and engaged participation in international efforts to deal
with environmental problems; but this mechanism does not work well without the
will to take serious steps and without taking into account the balance between
protection of the environment and development.
Lastly, the author also highlights the need for specific works on the concerns,
challenges and management methods regarding fundamental themes of Turkish
environmental law and policies; and for works on the practical side of the subject,
that is, on the fields of compliance, implementation, enforcement, case-law and
comparative analyses of different legal systems of different countries, to support and
complement the systematic comprehensive analysis of Turkish environmental law
and policies within this particular book.
6
Z. Savaşan