Air pollution in Türkiye depending on environmental pressure categories

Abstract

The aim of this paper to analyse the air pollution in Turkey depending on four environmental pressure categories, namely global warming potential, acidification potential, tropospheric ozone-forming potential and particulate formation potential for the period 1990-2018. The individual air pollutant effect for each environmental pressure group has been examined and discussed. According to the air pollution analysis, global warming potential, acidification potential and particulate formation potential effects are in an upward trend while tropospheric ozone-forming potential effect is in a downward trend for the time period 1990-2018. And the environmental pressure category where the highest increase is realized in all environmental pressure categories is the global warming potential category. This paper provides information on the causes of air pollution and offers policy recommendations for reducing air pollution in Turkey.