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Turkey Publishes New Regulation On Environmental Inspection

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The Regulation on Environmental Inspection ("Regulation") and Decision No. 1286 of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM)...

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The Regulation on Environmental Inspection ("Regulation") and Decision No. 1286 of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) concerning the Extension of the Term of Office of the Commission working on Minimization of the Effects of Global Climate Change and Effective Use of Water Resources ("TBMM Decision") was published in Official Gazette No. 31509 on 12 June 2021. The Regulation is available here. The relevant TBMM Decision is available here.

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The Regulation changes the minimum requirements that must be addressed to join the environment inspection team. The requirement of being an environmental engineer in order to join the team has been abolished. The Regulation now states that those who are bachelors of engineering, architecture or science programs, who joined the training program set out by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and who joined at least 15

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