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The struggle of Bergama against gold mine has been continuing since 1997. Rights defenders and attorneys who conducted a reconnaissance yesterday have filed another lawsuit for cancellation of the positive Environmental Impact Assessment report.

A court in Istanbul dismissed a compensation claim of more than € 30,000 filed against Günlük Evrensel newspaper. The court decreed that the local daily did not target the TÜPRAG Company by covering environmental damage caused by the Ovacık Gold Mine.