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"Mıne Vıctıms Must Benefıt from Cleared Land"

Mine Clearing Debate

"Mıne Vıctıms Must Benefıt from Cleared Land"

Steve Goose from HRW believes that NGOs are effective in mine clearing programmes. He calls on Turkey to remember the victims of mines.

2 June 2009 Tolga Korkut

"Mined Land too Precious to Give to Companies"

Landmines in Turkey

"Mined Land too Precious to Give to Companies"

According to the farmers' union Çiftçi-Sen, the land bordering Syria that is full of mines is extremely fertile.

26 May 2009 Tolga Korkut

"Clearing Mines Does Not Cost More than a Human Life"

Anti-Mine Movement

"Clearing Mines Does Not Cost More than a Human Life"

Destroying a mine takes 100 hours and costs 1,000 dollars, so Öğreten from the Initiative for a Turkey without Mines.

25 May 2009 Bawer Çakır