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Olive groves turned into mining fields overnight: 'This is not just an environmental issue'

Olive groves turned into mining fields overnight: 'This is not just an environmental issue'

“Some people think that this is an environmental struggle. This is not an environmental matter. It’s about our rights. It’s about our right to live and the right to own property, the right to participate in the government, the right to say no," says a citizen whose olive grove is now designated as a mining area.

6 August 2025 Matt A. Hanson

Turkey prepares to open olive groves for mining to ‘feed power plants’

Turkey prepares to open olive groves for mining to ‘feed power plants’

The bill facilitating mining activities in olive groves and other rural lands also grants a permit for existing mining sites in Muğla.

16 July 2025 Matt A. Hanson

Governor says banned Fethiye music festival over ecological concerns, motives questioned

Governor says banned Fethiye music festival over ecological concerns, motives questioned

While an environmental group supported the decision not to allow a festival in a protected area, it questioned the governor's sincerity, pointing to a hotel and a highway project in other protected areas in the city.