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Turkey Introduces Additional Environmental Approval Mechanism for Certain Government Projects

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Turkey has introduced an additional environmental assessment mechanism for approving certain types of government projects, which have the most significant environmental effects.

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Dr. E. Seyfi Moroğlu, LL.M.
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C. Hazal Baydar, LL.M.
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Turkey has introduced an additional environmental assessment mechanism for approving certain types of government projects, which have the most significant environmental effects. The new Strategic Environmental Assessment mechanism integrates further environmental factors into approval of government projects, in the interests of sustainable development and in line with Turkey's EU harmonization process. The new process will apply for specified project types, on top of existing Environmental Impact Assessment processes.

The Strategic Assessment Regulation ("Regulation") was published in the Official Gazette number 30032 on 8 April 2017, entering into effect of the same date.

The Strategic Environmental Assessment" ("Assessment") involves assessment of a project's environmental impact to:

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