İstanbul’s #Validebağ Grove under immediate threat… #ValidebagdaDirenisVar -İstanbul news roundup…

In other İstanbul news: Construction of Istanbul’s third airport continues at full throttle despite concerns Construction of Istanbul’s third airport is continuing, in a bid to establish in Turkey’s largest city what the government hopes will be the most important center of world air traffic Postcard from… Istanbul The Independent The boat back to central Istanbul … Read more

Turkey never ceases to suprise. Istanbul in bid to be named European Green Capital 2017 as another grove intended to be destroyed…

  GREEN – Istanbul makes audacious bid to be named European Green Capital 2017 hurriyetdailynews.com – Istanbul has witnessed a major construction spree in the last years under the banner of ‘urban transformation,’ particularly in terms of residential complexes. HÜRRİYET Photo Boastful of its environmental policy despite activists’ outcry… Tension high in Istanbul grove amid police … Read more