An hour from Istanbul, Sapanca was once a retreat of forests and a pristine lake. Now it’s a construction site. Its green valleys are covered by thousands of unlicensed bungalows and “tiny houses.”
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📸 Özge Sebzeci
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#GreenToGrey, a cross-border investigation - initiated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and NRK. 41 journalists & scientists from 11 countries. Using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground reporting, the investigation reveals the extent of Europe’s nature and cropland

✏️New investigation: UK-Turkish mining firms having a blast in Nigeria: Residents living beside Turkish-run quarries say they are under constant siege from falling chunks of rock, relentless dust, and deafening explosions that can strike at any hour.

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Aralık 2023'te 35'i çocuk 85 kişiyi taşıyan tekne Akdeniz'de kayboldu. Yolcuların akıbeti, kıyılara vuran cesetlere rağmen hiç kimsenin çözmeye yanaşmadığı bir gizem olarak kalmaya devam ediyor
@cpshaw.bsky.social @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social @orucvedat.bsky.social

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Turkey's Escobar key to new cocaine drop-offs
Tonnes of cocaine “drop-offs” in the Mediterranean in recent years reveal an emerging business alliance between the Turkish mafia and the Colombians, Albanians, and Italians.
Story by @cecijan.bsky.social @irpimedia.eu
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Turkey's Escobar key to new cocaine drop-offs
Tonnes of cocaine “drop-offs” in the Mediterranean in recent years reveal an emerging business alliance between the Turkish mafia and the Colombians, Albanians, and Italians.
Story by @cecijan.bsky.social @irpimedia.eu
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In December 2023, four boats left Lebanon carrying Syrian refugees. One boat, carrying 85 passengers, including 35 children, never arrived.
🔗 Read our latest investigation by @cpshaw.bsky.social @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social @orucvedat.bsky.social, Jana Barakat
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A year-long investigation. Dozens of testimonies. Multiple countries.

New story coming Monday.

@cpshaw.bsky.social, @cemredemircioglu.bsky.social, @orucvedat.bsky.social, Jana Barakat.

The Black Sea will be at this year's @dataharvestarena.bsky.social to talk about growing business of outsourced war crimes investigations in Europe.

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Avrupa Birliği, #PFAS üzerinde tarihi bir yasağı değerlendirirken, bu kimyasalları piyasada tutmak için savaşan bir endüstriyle karşı karşıya. Bazı Türk şirketleri de bu lobicilik mücadelesine dahil oldu.
#ForeverLobbying

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Avrupa Birliği, #PFAS üzerinde tarihi bir yasağı değerlendirirken, bu kimyasalları piyasada tutmak için savaşan bir endüstriyle karşı karşıya. Bazı Türk şirketleri de bu lobicilik mücadelesine dahil oldu.
#ForeverLobbying

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"The Poison of the Century": How #PFAS went from “miracle chemical” to global public health crisis

Lawyer Robert Bilott helped expose how 3M and DuPont concealed their devastating health and environmental impacts for decades.

#ForeverLobbying

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Unprecedented lobbying effort to sway the EU on PFAS “forever chemicals”

As the European Union considers a historic ban on #PFAS, it confronts an industry lobbying hard to keep them on the market. Some Turkish companies have also joined the fight.

#foreverlobbying

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THE GRUDGE: An ISIS execution. Visas to Europe. Conflicting testimonies. A failed universal jurisdiction case in Sweden. TBS investigates the rise & role of non-profit CIJA in outsourced war crimes prosecutions.

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