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title: Success for Turkish clean air campaign
description: WWF and partners in Turkey have successfully prevented coal-fired power plants from continuing to operate without the introduction of environmental safeguards.
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# Success for Turkish clean air campaign

Posted on 25 February 2019

WWF and partners in Turkey have successfully prevented coal-fired power plants from continuing to operate without the introduction of environmental safeguards.

The Right to Clean Air Platform, a coalition of 17 professional and civil society organizations including WWF-Turkey, has been working together since 2015 to tackle air pollution and the threat it poses to people’s health.

Last month’s proposal in the Turkish Parliament would have meant that coal-fired power plants could delay investing in environmental facilities until the end of 2021.

The coalition responded quickly, organizing a petition that gathered support from 70,000 people in less than a week.

Awareness of the issue was also raised through social media campaigning, highlighting the issue with media outlets, and advocacy with MPs in the Turkish Parliament.

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![60_bin_imza_mecliste_4](https://latest.earthhour.org/hubfs/60_bin_imza_mecliste_4.jpeg)

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