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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

Protesters fighting to save their local woodland from felling by energy giant face violent crackdown by security forces

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Protecting their faces with scarves, local women are taking the frontlines against water cannons and tear gas fired by security forces in the southwest Turkey, resisting cutting of trees for the expansion of a coal mine. The gendarmerie set up barricades to prevent villagers from entering the forest, leading to violent scuffles when the security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to push back the crowds. 

Locals vow to keep fighting to save a forest in southwest Turkey after the chainsaws finish work | 2023-07-31 22:10:28