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Entry to Aydın village banned amid protests against geothermal plant project

Entry to Aydın village banned amid protests against geothermal plant project

Dozers entered the construction site following the detention of 18 villagers on Monday.

Gold mine drilling in Aydın halted after villagers' resistance

Gold mine drilling in Aydın halted after villagers' resistance

"We will still be on the alert. They may come again after the elections," said a villager.

13 January 2022

Distance education in a village with little to no internet access

Distance education in a village with little to no internet access

"Some days, we found places where there is a network connection. We climb up hills, high places," says a child in Gebola village in eastern Turkey.

27 May 2021 Cansever Avinç

'Kızderbent is ours, we don't want a quarry'

PEOPLE OF KARAMÜRSEL/KIZDERBENT

'Kızderbent is ours, we don't want a quarry'

Villagers in northwestern Turkey are concerned that a planned quarry will harm the agriculture and animal husbandry in the area.

20 August 2020 Sakine Orman

Villagers of Karaağız Have Won Their Struggle Against Solid Waste Plant

Villagers of Karaağız Have Won Their Struggle Against Solid Waste Plant

After the villagers of Karaağız have won the lawsuit against the construction plan of a solid waste plant planned to be built in their village in Bursa, they have now won the lawsuit that they filed against its building license.