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Akbelen Forest resistance grows as MPs join protests

Akbelen Forest resistance grows as MPs join protests

Villagers have been protesting against a coal mine expansion project in the area, which threatens their living spaces and sources of livelihood, including olive groves.

Hotel project in Muğla national park: Company sets up new concrete plant despite court order

Hotel project in Muğla national park: Company sets up new concrete plant despite court order

A local environmental group has accused the authority of protecting the illegal activities of the company responsible for the controversial hotel project.

Bodrum cove designated archeological site, halting yacth harbor expansion plans

Bodrum cove designated archeological site, halting yacth harbor expansion plans

A local environmental group, which has been fighting against the marina project, has welcomed the decision. There is also an ongoing lawsuit against the project.

Forest fire ravages 25 hectares in southwestern Turkey

Forest fire ravages 25 hectares in southwestern Turkey

Ignited in a brushy area due to energy transmission lines, the fire was contained by yesterday evening.

Local district in Turkey bans Pride Week to ensure 'peace and security'

PRIDE MONTH

Local district in Turkey bans Pride Week to ensure 'peace and security'

Following the trend of banned Pride events in Turkey, the Datça District Governorship in Muğla province has prohibited all Pride Week activities since June 12.

Wildfires blaze in Turkey's sea resort of Datça

Wildfires blaze in Turkey's sea resort of Datça

Blazes rapidly spread due to the strong winds, as some roads have been closed and power cuts are reported in nearby residential areas.

4,500 hectares of forest burned in wildfires in Marmaris

MARMARİS WILDFIRES

4,500 hectares of forest burned in wildfires in Marmaris

Forest fires that lasted for four days in the Marmaris district have been brought under control early on June 25. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci has announced that approximately 4,500 hectares of land were burned.

Lessons not learned from last year's devastating wildfires in Marmaris

4TH DAY OF MARMARIS WILDFIRES

Lessons not learned from last year's devastating wildfires in Marmaris

For four days, Marmaris wildfires rage on while spreading in the region. Without the winds' subsiding, efforts to extinguish the fire are proving difficult.

Marmaris wildfires: Dozens of homes evacuated as blazes spread

Marmaris wildfires: Dozens of homes evacuated as blazes spread

Fires continue in four different locations with over 1,000 hectares razed, according to the mayor of Muğla.

Wildfires break out in Marmaris

Wildfires break out in Marmaris

The fires grew rapidly due to strong wind and continue in a 250-hectare forest area, according to the authorities.

Seventeen forest fires in Muğla in five days

Seventeen forest fires in Muğla in five days

The popular resort city of Muğla was the hardest-hit place in last year's massive wildfires.

Cement plant to be built in Muğla

Cement plant to be built in Muğla

The plant will have irreversible impacts according to Turkish Thoracic Society.

Mining company uproots olive trees in Muğla as locals protest, attacked by security guards

AKBELEN FOREST

Mining company uproots olive trees in Muğla as locals protest, attacked by security guards

The company's actions were based on a new regulation by the government opening olive groves for mining operations.

Non-prosecution for Gümüşel investigated for protesting an energy company

Non-prosecution for Gümüşel investigated for protesting an energy company

Briefly detained and investigated for protesting the YK Enerji company, which sponsored the Olive Harvesting Festival in Muğla’s Milas, Deniz Gümüşel has been given a decision of non-prosecution by the prosecutor.

Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again

Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, arrested perpetrator Cemal Metin A.’s brother Mertcan A. has been arrested. He was released pending trial.

22 February 2022

‘Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry destroys the ecosystem in Marmaris’

MARMARİS CITY COUNCIL

‘Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry destroys the ecosystem in Marmaris’

Nature and life defenders argue that the works undertaken in Muğla’s Marmaris following the wildfires in summer 2021 are of ecocidal nature and say that they will apply to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to ask for an end to the related efforts.

8 February 2022

Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report

Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, a panel of experts has prepared a forensic medical report and found that Gültekin was subjected to the flames when she was alive and lost her life.

25 January 2022

Ministry grants positive EIA report for a dam to be built in forest in Bodrum

Ministry grants positive EIA report for a dam to be built in forest in Bodrum

The quarries and other facilities required for the dam will occupy more than one million square meters.

‘Environmental rights cannot be a subject of investigation’

JOINT STATEMENT BY 60 BARS

‘Environmental rights cannot be a subject of investigation’

60 bar associations across Turkey have expressed solidarity with Deniz Gümüşel, who was briefly detained for protesting that the company operating Yeniköy-Kemerköy thermal power plants sponsored the Olive Harvesting Festival in Muğla’s Milas.

18 November 2021

Ministry permits hotel project on Muğla's burned forest areas

Ministry permits hotel project on Muğla's burned forest areas

Along with a hotel and timeshare property project, five marble quarry projects and a wind farm got approval from the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

15 September 2021

Only lawyers allowed in expert examination in Akbelen forest

Only lawyers allowed in expert examination in Akbelen forest

As part of the court case filed by the villagers resisting the cutting of trees to expand a lignite mine for a thermal power plant, an expert examination was held. No one, except for lawyers, was allowed to enter the site.

8 September 2021

4 more suspects to be put on trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

4 more suspects to be put on trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has demanded that the parents and ex-wife of arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. as well as Şükrü Gökhan O. be separately penalized for trying to hide the evidence in the Pınar Gültekin feminicide case.

7 September 2021

Over 1,000 monumental trees that survived the fire to be provided with care

Over 1,000 monumental trees that survived the fire to be provided with care

None of the monumental trees aged between 100 and 2,000 burned during the recent forest fires in Muğla province. However, there are concerns that the trees will be affected later on due to the extreme heat they were subjected to.

2 September 2021

İkizköy villagers, life defenders on watch for Akbelen: ‘The court case is not yet over’

İkizköy villagers, life defenders on watch for Akbelen: ‘The court case is not yet over’

Struggling against LİMAK Holding’s efforts to expand a lignite mine for a thermal power plant, the people of İkizköy and environmentalists are still on watch in Muğla’s Akbelen forest in the wake of two decisions of stay of execution.

13 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Courts grant motions for stay of execution for Akbelen forest

Courts grant motions for stay of execution for Akbelen forest

In two separate trials, the administrative courts have given decisions of stay of execution for Muğla’s Akbelen forest, where the villagers and life defenders are struggling against LİMAK Holding’s efforts to expand a lignite mine for a thermal power plant.

Minister of Forestry: Fire in Muğla’s Bodrum contained

Minister of Forestry: Fire in Muğla’s Bodrum contained

Firefighting efforts were made from both land and air to put out the fire that broke out in grassy areas and macquis groves in Muğla’s Bodrum. Minister Pakdemirli has announced that the fire has been taken under control.

Petition for Akbelen forest: ‘We won’t surrender it for coal’

TARKAN EXPRESSES SUPPORT

Petition for Akbelen forest: ‘We won’t surrender it for coal’

A petition has been launched for the Akbelen forest in Muğla in the face of cutting of trees for coal supply to a nearby thermal power plant. Sharing the petition on social media, musician Tarkan has said, “Leave nature alone.”

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

INTERVENTION IN İKİZKÖY

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Intervention against resistance in Akbelen: People dragged out of the forest

Intervention against resistance in Akbelen: People dragged out of the forest

While 105 trees have been reportedly cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen Forest under the pretext of preventing fires, the gendarmerie intervened against the people’s resistance at midnight, dragging them out of the forest.

105 trees cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen: ‘We will stand fast’

105 trees cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen: ‘We will stand fast’

Citizens are keeping watch in Muğla’s Akbelen forest in the face of LİMAK Holding’s efforts to cut down trees to extend the mining site for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Noting that 105 trees have been cut, they say they will not let more trees be cut.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

‘Fires are contained in the evening, they start burning again in the morning’

NEIGHBORHOOD HEADS FROM KÖYCEĞİZ

‘Fires are contained in the evening, they start burning again in the morning’

“Our mountain is blazing”, “We keep watch night and day”, “The fire is taken under control in the evening, it starts burning again in the morning…” The neighborhood heads from Muğla’s Köyceğiz speak about the ongoing firefighting efforts.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Prosecutors investigate vigilante groups blocking roads in fire zones

Prosecutors investigate vigilante groups blocking roads in fire zones

Amid unverified claims of arson, vigilante groups emerged near fire zones, attempting to block the roads and perform ID checks.

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