Furthermore, the Directorate General of Maritime and Inland Waters Regulation
under the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Turkish
Coastguard Command and Port Authorities have certain powers in terms of protecting the marine environment.
Additionally, the responsibilities for implementing international and regional
obligations on the environment are also divided between the different Ministries.
Coordination must be provided under the Council of Ministers, which has the final
decision on establishing protected areas and handling other problems related to
conflicts of authority.
The other public authorities that are relevant to nature protection and pollution
prevention are the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for fisheries; the Ministry of
Energy; and the Ministry of Health. Currently, the activity on the reorganization of
environmental administration is still ongoing. Institutionalization is a significant
problem in Turkey and the improvement of environmental protection is not possible
without solving this problem.
References
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2007). “Environmental Problems in Turkey, Legal and Institutional
Structure”, Paper for the International Symposium on Environmental Accounting (Ankara, 30
May): 13–42.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2008). “Environment Management in Turkey”, in: Journal of Ankara Bar
Association (Winter): 241–250.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2010). “The Importance of Physical Planning in Terms of Environmental
Protection and Authority Problems”, in: Paper for the International Congress on Urban and
Environmental Issues and Policies (Trabzon, Turkey, 3–5 June): 243–256.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2011). “An Overview on The Environmental Impact Assessment In The
Frame of Turkish Case Law”, in: Gazi University Faculty of Law Review, XV, 3: 97–130.
Arıba, Nazlı Nalcı; Karatepe, Selma; Kılınç, Özgür (2014). A Review of Turkey’s “New
Metropolitan Municipality Law” in Terms of the Subsidiarity Principle, Humanities and Social
Sciences Review, CD-ROM: 3,3: 173–180.
Aybay, Aydın (1992). “Çevre ve Hukuk [Environment and Law]”, in: Keleş, Ruşen (Ed.): İnsan
Çevre Toplum [Human Environment Society] (Ankara: İmge Kitapevi).
Republic of Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental
Impact Assessment and Planning (2009a). Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Handbook
(Ankara, January).
Republic of Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental
Impact Assessment and Planning (2009b). 1st National EIA Workshop, Booklet of Conclusions
(Ankara, January, 25–27 February).
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (2014). TURKEY Habitat III
National Report (December), at: http://habitat3.org/wp-content/uploads/TURKEY-HABITATIII-NATIONAL-REPORT_FINAL_V2.pdf (retrieved 15 December 2019).
Sobacı, M.Z.; Miş, N.; Köseoğlu, Ö. (2018). “Turkey’s New Government Model and the
Presidential Organization”, in: Seta Perspective, 45 (July 2018), at: https://setav.org/en/assets/
uploads/2018/07/45_Perspective.pdf (retrieved 21 May 2019).
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under the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Turkish
Coastguard Command and Port Authorities have certain powers in terms of protecting the marine environment.
Additionally, the responsibilities for implementing international and regional
obligations on the environment are also divided between the different Ministries.
Coordination must be provided under the Council of Ministers, which has the final
decision on establishing protected areas and handling other problems related to
conflicts of authority.
The other public authorities that are relevant to nature protection and pollution
prevention are the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for fisheries; the Ministry of
Energy; and the Ministry of Health. Currently, the activity on the reorganization of
environmental administration is still ongoing. Institutionalization is a significant
problem in Turkey and the improvement of environmental protection is not possible
without solving this problem.
References
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2007). “Environmental Problems in Turkey, Legal and Institutional
Structure”, Paper for the International Symposium on Environmental Accounting (Ankara, 30
May): 13–42.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2008). “Environment Management in Turkey”, in: Journal of Ankara Bar
Association (Winter): 241–250.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2010). “The Importance of Physical Planning in Terms of Environmental
Protection and Authority Problems”, in: Paper for the International Congress on Urban and
Environmental Issues and Policies (Trabzon, Turkey, 3–5 June): 243–256.
Alıca, Süheyla Suzan (2011). “An Overview on The Environmental Impact Assessment In The
Frame of Turkish Case Law”, in: Gazi University Faculty of Law Review, XV, 3: 97–130.
Arıba, Nazlı Nalcı; Karatepe, Selma; Kılınç, Özgür (2014). A Review of Turkey’s “New
Metropolitan Municipality Law” in Terms of the Subsidiarity Principle, Humanities and Social
Sciences Review, CD-ROM: 3,3: 173–180.
Aybay, Aydın (1992). “Çevre ve Hukuk [Environment and Law]”, in: Keleş, Ruşen (Ed.): İnsan
Çevre Toplum [Human Environment Society] (Ankara: İmge Kitapevi).
Republic of Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental
Impact Assessment and Planning (2009a). Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Handbook
(Ankara, January).
Republic of Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental
Impact Assessment and Planning (2009b). 1st National EIA Workshop, Booklet of Conclusions
(Ankara, January, 25–27 February).
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (2014). TURKEY Habitat III
National Report (December), at: http://habitat3.org/wp-content/uploads/TURKEY-HABITATIII-NATIONAL-REPORT_FINAL_V2.pdf (retrieved 15 December 2019).
Sobacı, M.Z.; Miş, N.; Köseoğlu, Ö. (2018). “Turkey’s New Government Model and the
Presidential Organization”, in: Seta Perspective, 45 (July 2018), at: https://setav.org/en/assets/
uploads/2018/07/45_Perspective.pdf (retrieved 21 May 2019).
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