Environmental campaigners vow to persist as tree-felling for

Environmental campaigners in southwest Turkey are vowing to continue their fight to protect woodlands designated for coal-mining, as tree-felling operations are ending. Residents of Akbelen forest in Mugla province have maintained a four-year vigil to prevent logging for a lignite mine near the village of Ikizkoy.Protesters recorded videos on social media showing police using water

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