Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on World Environment Day:
“Today, the whole humanity works for a greener and more livable world in which the sustainable usage of resources is adopted, biodiversity is preserved, famine and poverty are minimized and environmental pollution is prevented.
Given the global aspect of the issue, there should be cooperation among all of the countries, and long-term policies should be implemented through joint works in order for environmental problems to be solved.
With its sense of responsibility and commitment regarding environmental problems, our country fulfills its duties in accordance with international agreements.
Our efforts, having gained momentum recently, have resulted in significant nationwide progress in terms of waste management, climate-friendly technology, the use of energy resources, and the betterment of air, water and soil quality.
Aware of the fact that afforestation alone is not enough to ensure a greener and cleaner country, we prioritize efforts aimed at preventing environmental pollution, averting wastage, undertaking planned urbanization and raising environmental awareness among the citizens.
By correcting our approach to nature, environment and life as well as by increasing the society’s sensitivity on this issue and joining our forces, we can make this world, a legacy from our ancestors which we are to safeguard for our children, greener and more livable.
I would like to once again stress that all of us, particularly the families and educators, have important responsibilities in order for an understanding of consumption, which gets nourished by the values of our civilization, respects the nature, cares about the environment and adopts modesty as opposed to extravagance, to take root.
In this regard, it is of great importance that our citizens contribute to and partake in environment-related works which the educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and media outlets are to carry out in cooperation.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, I greet all of our citizens with my sincerest feelings and call on them to be sensitive to the protection of the environment and of our natural richness, and to diligently take personal measures keeping in mind that our resources are exhaustible.”
https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/speeches-statements/558/120379/world-environment-day-message