First Lady Erdoğan thanked the Zero Waste Foundation for its Van Lake Basin protection efforts

First Lady Erdoğan shared a post on her NSosyal account, quoting the Zero Waste Foundation's post regarding the Van Lake Basin protection efforts. In her post, First Lady Erdoğan said, "Lake Van is one of the most valuable natural treasures of our country with its unique blue. Protecting this beauty and protecting our water resources and nature is no longer a choice, but a common duty that we must fulfill towards future generations.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank all our institutions and organizations and environmental friends who have given strength to this great environmental mobilization with their efforts. she said. The Van Lake Basin Protection Action Plan and Implementation Program was implemented in 2021, under the leadership of Emine Erdoğan and under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, for the purpose of wastewater management, bottom sludge cleaning and combating illegal construction."