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Women of Kirazlıyayla against mining company: ‘We won’t give up’

Women of Kirazlıyayla against mining company: ‘We won’t give up’

The Meyra Mining Company has been expanding its copper-lead-zinc mine in Bursa despite all objections of villagers. The women of Kirazlıyayla say that water sources of the village are destroyed and cattle do not graze in the pasture any longer.