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The people of Orhanlı village in İzmir’s Seferihisar district have been protesting against a geothermal power plant planned to be constructed in their region. They have the company’s “People’s Participation Meeting” cancelled.

Speaking to bianet, Yaşar Buyruk from the Orhanlı Village Nature, Youth and Sports Club Association says that the geothermal energy plant planned to be constructed in Seferihisar district in İzmir will harm the olive trees in the region.

In Hacıbektaşlı village of the Manisa province, construction of a geothermal energy plant has been halted after the efforts of the villagers and CHP MP Özgür Özel. The construction was underway despite an ongoing legal process.