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EU comes under fire for approving popular scrap yards in Turkey

The approval of Turkish shipbreakers that use questionable methods is a double standard, say the critics. EU claims that the yards are thoroughly monitored.
It is a double standard that the EU approves Turkish shipyards under different requirements than those in the EU, says Asli Odman, who teaches social sciences at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and is an academic at Istanbul Health and Safety Labor Watch. | Photo: Asli Odman
It is a double standard that the EU approves Turkish shipyards under different requirements than those in the EU, says Asli Odman, who teaches social sciences at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and is an academic at Istanbul Health and Safety Labor Watch. | Photo: Asli Odman
by LIV ALMER

When professor Alp Ergör heard in 2018 that the first Turkish scrap yards had been approved by the EU, he nearly choked on his coffee.

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