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‘Even birds fall from their nests in trees and die’

QUARRY RESISTANCE CONTINUES IN İKİZDERE

‘Even birds fall from their nests in trees and die’

Women from the resistance in İkizdere have said: "They throw the trees that they cut down into the stream that they have dried, covering them with soil so that they cannot be seen. Birds and fish are dying.”

5 May 2021 Tansu Pişkin

How has Cengiz Holding destroyed Turkey's forests?

How has Cengiz Holding destroyed Turkey's forests?

The holding undertook a large number of construction and infrastructure projects in the AKP era.

24 December 2020 Tansu Pişkin

Ancient City to be Inundated Under Dam Reservoir

HASANKEYF

Ancient City to be Inundated Under Dam Reservoir

Ministers Veysel Eroğlu and Mehmet Şimşek met with protests during a visit they paid to Hasankeyf, an ancient city in the southeastern province of Batman dating back to at least 12,000 years ago and that is to be inundated under a dam reservoir, causing irreversible damage to history and nature.

31 August 2012 Nilay Vardar