The ongoing mining activities in Colemêrg (Hakkari) negatively affect water resources, agriculture and animal husbandry. Ismet Olmez, a member of the AKP, is one of the leading plunderers in the banned areas on the grounds of “security”.
Deforestation continues in Gabar Mountain, with tree cutting having started again. The felled trees were seen being piled up along the roadside.
Villagers in Çemka village of Colemêrg started a demonstration against the mining exploration and said that they will not allow further plunder of their nature.
Urgent expropriation decisions for energy projects in various provinces of Kurdistan have entered into force after being published in the Government Gazette.
Stating that they started a campaign after Abdullah Öcalan's call on 27 February, ecologists said, "One of the first steps the state must take is to take its hands off our nature. Our struggle against ecocide will continue."
With the arrival of spring in the Besta region of Şirnex, where tree cutting has been carried out for many years, the cutting of trees by rangers has started once again.
Calling for the "Planter" campaign initiated by the Mezopotamya Ecology Movement, "We support this campaign on the basis of recreating life and protecting life," says ecologist Gökhan Sara.
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has issued 175 "EIA not required" decisions in the last 3 months for quarries that cause as much damage to ecology as cyanide gold mines.
It has been a year in which capitalists have exploited forests, agricultural areas, olive groves, tea and hazelnut gardens. In parallel with climate change, warming increased and many extreme natural events occurred.
SES Şirnex Branch Co-Chair Mihriban Şenbayram stated that the destruction of nature, which has been accelerating in Botan for 3 years, has caused serious air pollution and says, "Such unhealthy extraction of underground resources brings many diseases."
Right to Clean Air Platform Coordinator Deniz Gümüşel said that air pollution increases cancer and lung diseases and causes thousands of peredecease every year.
New images of the forest slaughter in the Gabar Mountain region have emerged.
Turkey Environment Platform (TÜRÇEP) Representatives Assembly announced the final declaration of the meeting held on 23-24 November.
Residents of Gewrik village in Mêrdînik called for solidarity for the 27 November hearing of the lawsuit they filed against gold and copper mines.
In Kurdistan, where ecological plunder is intensifying, 28 mining projects have received “EIA not required” decisions since the beginning of the year. Umut Şener, a member of Polen Ecology Collective, said that the plunder in Kurdistan is an extension of the 50 years of special war policies.