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‘We don’t forget October 10, we don’t forgive’

AYVALIK DEMOCRACY PLATFORM

‘We don’t forget October 10, we don’t forgive’

The members of Ayvalık Democracy Platform commemorated the ones who lost their lives in the October 10 Ankara Massacre: “We won’t forget the ones we lost, we won’t let them be forgotten. We won’t forget or forgive the ones responsible for it.”

11 October 2021 Gönül İlhan

‘Enough is enough’: Citizens protest price rises

AYVALIK / BALIKESİR

‘Enough is enough’: Citizens protest price rises

The Ayvalık Democracy Platform in Balıkesir has demanded that the recent price rises be withdrawn, underlining that “the wages and salaries of workers and pensioners getting meager and meager in the face of inflation should be improved.”

14 July 2021 Gönül İlhan

‘Everyday is March 8, everyday is struggle’

WOMEN’S DAY IN BALIKESİR

‘Everyday is March 8, everyday is struggle’

Women met in Balıkesir’s Ayvalık district for March 8 International Women’s Day. “We will never look down while the perpetrators of feminicides are free outside and the male state draws the boundaries of the ‘acceptable woman’,” said women.

9 March 2021 Gönül İlhan

8,882 stone pines to be cut down for granite quarry

NORTH AEGEAN

8,882 stone pines to be cut down for granite quarry

An Environmental Impact Assessment report has been prepared to extend the 14-hectare granite quarry to 110 hectares. The report covering an area in Bergama and Ayvalık in the north Aegean foresees the cutting of nearly 9 thousand stone pines.

18 February 2021

Storm causes injuries, damage in western Turkey

Storm causes injuries, damage in western Turkey

İzmir was hit by floods for the second time this month.

12 February 2021

School Strike for Climate in Ayvalık: Future Depends on What We Do Today

School Strike for Climate in Ayvalık: Future Depends on What We Do Today

Joining the “school strike for climate” movement upon the call of activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden, students from Turkey have met in Ayvalık, Balıkesir this week. Ayvalık Municipality has promised children to struggle against climate change.

10 May 2019 Elif Ünal

Boats Carrying Refugees in Ayvalık and Dikili Capsized

Boats Carrying Refugees in Ayvalık and Dikili Capsized

Rubber boats carrying refugees who wanted to cross over to Greece from Ayvalık and Dikili have turned upside down, at least 20 refugees have lost their lives.

Ministry Allows Construction in Natural Park

Ministry Allows Construction in Natural Park

An environmental platform joined by two municipalities and 23 non-governmental organizations said the Ayvalık Natural Park will be opened to construction due to a revision of the zoning plan. The park hosts endemic plants and wildlife. The platform claims to cancel the new plan.

29 January 2010 Erhan Üstündağ