The number of trees cut and lakes drained to make space for Istanbul’s third airport

• 10 years ago

• 2,500,000: The estimated number of trees that will be cut or relocated to make space for Istanbul’s third airport.
• 70: Roughly the number of lakes that will be drained to make space for Istanbul’s third airport.
• 6,172: Approximately the number of hectares of forest land that will destroyed to make space for Istanbul’s third airport.
• 50: Number of migratory birds currently under threat of extinct that will be further threatened to make space for Istanbul’s third airport.