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The İstanbul 11th Administrative Court has cancelled the Üsküdar Municipality’s tender for a rehabilitation project to be launched on the Validebağ Grove.

The Üsküdar Municipality in İstanbul previously appealed against the decision of stay of execution given for the development plan of the Validebağ Grove. The İstanbul Regional Administrative Court has rejected this appeal.

The Municipality of Üsküdar entered the Validebağ Grove with excavators and lorries at 5.30 in the morning. Speaking to bianet, Arif Belgin from the Validebağ Volunteers says that the police hinder their resistance and calls on everyone for support.

Police reportedly attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets those activists who assembled in order to stop a mosque construction in the entrance of Istanbul’s Validebağ Grove despite a court order.