Major European loan to controversial Azerbaijani gas pipeline risks fuelling corruption, human rights abuse and climate change
October 18, 2017
A USD 500 million loan approved today by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the construction of the Trans Anatolian Pipeline is set to benefit, among others, state-owned companies in Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Don’t finance Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) – NGO letter to World Bank
December 19, 2016
A group of 39 international NGOs sent a letter to the Directors of the World Bank (WB) today urging the Bank not to finance the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP). TANAP is the Eastern part of the Southern Gas Corridor, a 3500 kilometres-long chain of gas pipelines from Azerbaijan to Europe. The WB Directors will consider on December 20th a loan to the Turkish company Botas for the construction of the pipeline.
SOCAR, Aliağa’daki santralden vazgeçti
October 31, 2016
SOCAR’ın, İzmir Aliağa’da yapmayı planladığı kömürlü termik santrali yatırımını gerçekleştirmeyeceği iddia edildi. Source: SOCAR, Aliağa’daki santralden vazgeçti | Şirket haberleri
SOCAR refuses to construct fossil-fuel power station in Izmir
October 31, 2016
SOFAZ has refused to construct fossil-fuel power station in Aliaga, Izmir, Turkey, the Initiative Against Fossil Fuels released statement. Source: APA – SOCAR refuses to construct fossil-fuel power station in Izmir
Vesti u 9
December 11, 2015
U toku sednica na kojoj Vlada Srbije odlučuje o prodaji Telekoma. Nastavlja se rasprava o budžetu. Odbijeni svi amandmani opozicije. Bajden i Davutoglu o povlačenju turskih trupa iz Iraka – mora se poštovati suverenitet Iraka. Augzburg eliminisao Parti
IFIs pull out of Turkish coal project – NGO pressure integral
May 14, 2014
Coal power plants are mushrooming all over Turkey, there’s no doubt about that. With the government’s plan to reach 120,000 MW of installed capacity by 2023, double that of today, a 1350 MW power plant in the already heavily industrialised and polluted peninsula of Aliaga in western Turkey could easily have gone unnoticed.
New online toolkit to tackle the Kings of Coal in south east Europe and Turkey
May 14, 2014
Last year saw international financial institutions such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank falling like dominoes one after the other and announcing in rapid succession that they will halt – almost totally – financing for new coal power plants. These banks were also joined by other institutions such as the US Exim Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank, and governments including the US, UK, Netherlands and Scandinavian countries.
New online toolkit to help tackle the Kings of Coal in southeast Europe and Turkey
May 5, 2014
Coal investments are a dying breed in many countries, but some investors are still ready to try their luck in southeast Europe and Turkey. For campaigners who want to communicate with these actors Bankwatch has developed the user-friendly online toolkit Kings of Coal in three languages.
The case of a ‘secret’ coal plant in Turkey suggests a polluted future for the country
April 28, 2014
The SOCAR Refinery project and its ‘secret’ coal power plant show the magnitude of the problems that the mixture of business interests, coal and neglect of local health concerns may cause in Turkey.
New report – How Turkey’s coal boom threatens local economies on the Black Sea
November 11, 2013
With coal power expansion booming in Turkey, a new Bankwatch report based on a recent field trip finds that the environmental impacts of coal power plants are inadequately assessed, while Turkey’s viable, clean alternatives to coal are neither being analysed or discussed seriously by senior policy- and decision-makers.
