Within the scope of the European Commission's "Map My Tree" campaign, which aims to plant 170 thousand saplings in 19 provinces of Türkiye, the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye and IKV İstanbul EU Information Centre established a memorial forest in Şile district of İstanbul on 16 November 2023. At the event, where the first sapling was planted by IKV Deputy Secretary General M. Gökhan Kilit, 10 thousand saplings were seeded in the ground. 

Under the supervision of the General Directorate of Forestry, tree planting activities took place in Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, İzmir, İstanbul, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Mersin, Samsun, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon and Van between 11 - 21 November 2023. This event will symbolise the cooperation between the EU and Türkiye for a greener and more sustainable future, as well as contributing to the global fight against climate change.