Source: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ankara | Jun 07, 2018

Turkey: Beach Cleaning Day outside of Istanbul on World Environment Day

In Norway, due to awareness campaigns, almost 100,000 people joined the annual “clean the ocean days” in May – a high number in a country of 5 million people

On the UN World Environment Day the Embassy and TURMEPA organised a beach cleaning day, with the attendance of the State Secretary Marianne Hagen and Mr. Ambassador Vegard Ellefsen Ahead of the activity, Ms. Hagen had a comment in Hurriyet Daily Newspaper, where she wrote: "Today is U.N. World Environment Day,…