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İkizköy villagers, life defenders on watch for Akbelen: ‘The court case is not yet over’

İkizköy villagers, life defenders on watch for Akbelen: ‘The court case is not yet over’

Struggling against LİMAK Holding’s efforts to expand a lignite mine for a thermal power plant, the people of İkizköy and environmentalists are still on watch in Muğla’s Akbelen forest in the wake of two decisions of stay of execution.

13 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

INTERVENTION IN İKİZKÖY

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Intervention against resistance in Akbelen: People dragged out of the forest

Intervention against resistance in Akbelen: People dragged out of the forest

While 105 trees have been reportedly cut down in fire-hit Muğla’s Akbelen Forest under the pretext of preventing fires, the gendarmerie intervened against the people’s resistance at midnight, dragging them out of the forest.

‘We will follow up the damages inflicted on Boğaziçi University’

ACADEMICS

‘We will follow up the damages inflicted on Boğaziçi University’

In the face of Melih Bulu’s appointment as a rector to their school, the academics of Boğaziçi University have been keeping watch for 18 weeks, demanding that all appointed executives, primarily Bulu himself, resign from office.

‘Trees uprooted in İkizdere, villagers watch in tears’

CHP MPS

‘Trees uprooted in İkizdere, villagers watch in tears’

Speaking to bianet, main opposition CHP MPs Bekaroğlu and Tanal have announced that they filed a criminal complaint about the opening of a stone quarry in Cevizlik village in Rize and the destruction of nature and drinking water.

3 May 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Police blockade on bar association chairs keeping watch in Ankara

BILL OF 'MULTIPLE BAR ASSOCIATIONS'

Police blockade on bar association chairs keeping watch in Ankara

The chairs of bar associations are keeping watch against the bill of “multiple bar associations” in Kuğulu Park in Ankara. Police have surrounded the bar chairs, not allowing journalists to enter the area.

Weekend Watch for Maçka Park

Weekend Watch for Maçka Park

Weekend watch will be held for Maçka Park in which trees started to be uprooted on February 12 as part of the tunnel project. The Maçka Parkı Hepimizin Initiative has called on people to participate in the watch.

16 February 2018