Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar ve Ulusal Eğitim Dergisi

ISSN: 2602-4969

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ECO-POLITICS AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: THE CASE OF THE TEMA FOUNDATION

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), recognized as an important element of democracy, social participation, social development, and political participation, carry out significant activities in the environmental field, as they do in many other areas. As environmental problems continue to increase, it is known that non-governmental organizations in particular plan various environment-themed activities. These plans enable environmental non-governmental organizations to play a functional role in determining and implementing environmental policies. Indeed, this functionality can guide eco-politics. On the other hand, environmental non-governmental organizations frequently use digital technology and social media tools to be more effective today. The contribution of the digitalization process to non-governmental organizations is analyzed in this study through the Turkey Foundation for Combating Erosion, Reforestation, and Protection of Natural Resources (TEMA), which has been active in the environmental field for over 30 years. By looking at the history of environmental civil society organizations and touching upon environmentalism in Turkey, this study examines TEMA’s activities within the framework of eco-politics. Highlighting the extent to which the TEMA Foundation has embraced the digitalization process, this study shows that the use of digital tools by non-governmental organizations has the potential to yield much more beneficial results in terms of shaping eco-politics. Based on this, it can be said that environmental non-governmental organizations will be able to keep channels of social participation open by influencing wider audiences using modern communication and information technologies in areas such as environmental protection, climate change, desertification, air pollution, conservation of natural resources, and the promotion of public policies in ecological terms. In this way, they will contribute to the development of participatory democracy as well as to the institutionalization of eco-politics in Turkey and around the world.

Keywords

Environmental Issues, TEMA, Environmental NGOs, Ecopolitics, Digitalization

Author : GAZANFER KAYA -Aziz ŞEKER -Ali Ekber GÜLERSOY
Number of pages: 129-146
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