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The Coordination Board of the Marmara Sea Protection Action Plan, created on the orders of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met for the first time.

- Participants

The meeting chaired by Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum was attended by TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu, Deputy Minister of Environment and Urbanization Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Deputy Minister of Interior Ismail Çataklı, Deputy Minister of Health Tolga Tolunay, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Hasan Büyükdere, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Akif Özkaldı, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Selim Dursun, Head of Turkish Navy Command Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography Department Captain Hakan Kuşlaroğlu, Governor of İstanbul Ali Yerlikaya, Governor of Kocaeli Seddar Yavuz , Bursa Governor Yakup Canbolat, Balıkesir Governor Hasan Şılda, Tekirdağ Governor Aziz Yıldırım, Yalova Governor Muammer Erol, Çanakkale Governor İlhami Aktaş, Marmara Municipalities Association and Kocaeli Metropolitan Mayor Tahir Büyükakın, İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu, Balıkesir Metropolitan Mayor Yücel Yılmaz, Tekirdağ Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Albayrak, Yalova Mayor Mustafa Tutuk, Çanakkale Mayor Ülgür Gökhan, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Secretary General Ulaş Akhan, TUBITAK-MAM President Dr. Osman Okur, Turkish Academy of Sciences President Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker, METU Institute of Marine Sciences Director Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu, Dean of ITU Faculty of Water Sciences Melek İşibilir Okyar, Head of Organized Industrial Zones Organization Memiş Kütükçü, President of the Turkish Environment Agency Eyyüp Karahan, IMEAK Maritime Chamber of Commerce President Tamer Kıran and related institution representatives

During the meeting held closed to the press, the latest situation in the cleaning of the mucilage was evaluated and consultation was held on the roadmap to be followed.