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Dreaming Of A Cooperative for Every Neighborhood…

Dreaming Of A Cooperative for Every Neighborhood…

08 Temmuz 2020

Founded with the slogan of "Good, Clean, Fair Food", Yeryüzü Cooperative offers a tangible and visible alternative to food crisis which has frequently been discussed during the pandemic with its first branch in Bostancı.

Our Goal Is To Generalize The Mission That “Women Exist At All Areas”

Our Goal Is To Generalize The Mission That “Women Exist At All Areas”

08 Temmuz 2020

Women´s Association in Business World continues its works with online trainings in order to eliminate the obstacles to women's participation in the labor force. We talked about the work of the association and the effect of the pandemic process on these studies with the association's Project Manager Elif Nur Tosun who emphasized that it is important to support women's employment and encourage activities in this direction.

World’s First Nature Conservation Library

World’s First Nature Conservation Library

08 Temmuz 2020

In İzmir’s Orhanlı village of Seferihisar, the world's first nature conservation library was established for researchers working on nature conservation and nature culture. Library Officer Şeref Demirtaş explained his works for Civil Pages.

“Have To Get Real With The Situation and Raise Hope”

“Have To Get Real With The Situation and Raise Hope”

08 Temmuz 2020

President of Environmental Energy Association and Coordinator of the Sustainable Civil Society Dialogue for Sustainable Development Project Tolga Şallı evaluated the concepts of sustainable development and cyclical economy which started to be discussed with the climate crisis, but came to the fore with the Covid-19 outbreak and said: “Have to get real with the situation and raise hope.”

“We Are Deprived Of Tools That We Can Learn What Happens To Children”

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“We Are Deprived Of Tools That We Can Learn What Happens To Children”

08 Temmuz 2020

Human Rights Education Program Coordinator Mehmet Onur Yılmaz with whom we talked about the violation of children’s rights at home during the epidemic, says that they have been deprived of tools that they can learn what happens to children.

Looking Inside From The Balcony: How Convenient Our Houses Are To Live In?

Looking Inside From The Balcony: How Convenient Our Houses Are To Live In?

08 Temmuz 2020

Apart from the balcony culture, when we consider the issue in terms of spatial rights during the epidemic, the balcony appears as a small but symbolic indicator of inequalities. The balconies that are part of the right to housing need to be handled more comprehensively.

2020 Global Food Crisis Report Indicates “Crisis”

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2020 Global Food Crisis Report Indicates “Crisis”

08 Temmuz 2020

“The number of people on hunger threshold may double due to the global epidemic.” While Covid-19 news fills the tabloids on one hand, another emergency that is food safety threatens people's lives on the other. According to the 2020 Global Food Crisis Report, while 135 million people are already on the threshold of hunger in the global scale, there is a possibility that this number will increase to 265 million by the end of the year.

“A Neighbour Has Paid Your Bills”

“A Neighbour Has Paid Your Bills”

02 Temmuz 2020

We’ve listened to the story from Aykut Hocaoğlu, one of the founders of Bi'Komşu Platform (A Neighbour Platform) which brings the needers who have a hard time paying for their fixed expenses and bills together with the benefactors who want to meet their needs, and the platform’s contribution to solidarity during the pandemic process.

Struggle of Local Administrations with the Epidemic (3) The City That Acts With Common Sense: Gaziantep

Struggle of Local Administrations with the Epidemic (3) The City That Acts With Common Sense: Gaziantep

02 Temmuz 2020

We today address Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality in the file titled “The Struggle of Local Administrations with the Epidemic”. Unlike Istanbul and Izmir, the local administrator of the city is a woman and a former minister: Fatma Şahin. The most striking point in the practices carried out within the scope of combating coronavirus in Gaziantep locality is the establishment of a close cooperation mechanism between the local government and the governorship. This approach, described by Mayor Şahin as "Acting with Common Sense", ensures the governorship and metropolitan municipality to conduct coordinated donations as well as all other aid activities with the measures taken in the fight against the epidemic.

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