HEAL’s office in Turkey focuses on ambient air quality, and the threat to health of coal power generation. Massive investments into new coal power plants in the country are being planned, while in the last ten years coal power generation doubled and fossil fuel power generation increased by 150%.
We raise awareness about health-harming air pollution, engage with leading national medical organisations and specialised disease associations, as well as local health and environment professionals, enable the communication between the health sector and decision makers, and conduct campaigns and research. We also run the Unmask My City campaign and are a partner in the Europe Beyond coal efforts.
Contact person:
Funda Gacal, funda@env-health.org, +90 506 251 2186
On the road to increased environment and climate capacity in the Turkish health sector
12th May 2021
Together with HASUDER – the Association Of Public Health Specialists and Kocaeli University, Department of Public Health, HEAL launched the “Health Collaboration on Climate Change and Environment Project” (Turkish abbreviation ‘ÇİSİP') last year, and can look back at eventful twelve months.
Pollution from coal power costs Turkey as much as 27% of its total health expenditure – new report
4th February 2021
Turkey is pushing ahead with plans to double its coal power capacity with 30 new…
