Green Economic Development

A village at Akyazı, Turkey - 2009

Today's world has been experiencing a change ranging from economy, politics, environment and climate. As the result of these changes, the current conjuncture urges human beings to get adaptation and restructuring for the new conditions.

In the 20th century, the developed countries of the world have achieved their civilizations based on the fossil fuels, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas without taking into consideration the said black energy resources' undeterred bad results to the environment. Most of the developed foremost countries of the world have benefited from the fossil resources in their developing process to date. In other words, they have mostly built up their economies by using black colored energy resources. So it was called black economic model due to making development based on the fossil resources to get energy. From now on, the world has come to a phase that cannot endure such kind of development model. Because of such kind of development model has been exhausting the fundamental resources which are the indispensable for human and other living creatures to survive. Meanwhile still there are many countries that could not complete their development process.

Although they have not completed their development by using the elements of the black energy resources, they have been affected two folds from the negative effects of the black economic development model compared to the developed countries. Namely the poor nations suffer from the negative effects of the bad results of the black economy model such as global worming, climate change, drought and flood.

What is the solution to get rid of the black economic model?

An example city of South-Eastern: Gaziantep

Gaziantep is one of the most modern industrial provinces of South-Eastern Anatolian Region. Being the center of pistachio nut cultivation in Turkey and with its extensive olive groves and vineyards, nowadays Gaziantep is known one of the most important and industrial centers of Turkey.

Gaziantep is maintaining its efforts for being the most developed and leading city of GAP in agriculture, industry and commerce. In its promotion page is written than the city is famous with its pistachio which is identical by the name of the city in addition to vineyards and olive orchards.

But Gaziantep has exceeded the stage of being only an agricultural city. Having completed its industrialist stage long time ago, the city is harnessing in the international arena.

Entrepreneurship spirit of the businessmen in Gaziantep has progressed and they have converted their knowledge and information accumulation in agricultural area into industrial areas ranging from cement, textile, leather, shoemaking, soap, woodworks, metal and machinery industries.

It maintains its status as an "export gate" by its 120 different products exporting to many countries. Thanks to its own status, Gaziantep constitutes a meaningful and exemplary position for the other cities in the South-Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. It is understood that the city of Gaziantep had not spent its time and values for the useless and meaningless things. Acting reasonably and wisely, the city has emerged its beneficial and advantageous values to the forefront.