Deputies from the Green Left Party went to the forest today to stand in solidarity with those resisting the ecocide in Akbelen, where the cutting of trees to make space for the coal mine continues despite protests.
Local people and environmentalists continue their protest in the Akbelen forest, in the village of İkizköy in Muğla, against the building of a coal mine.
The protest began after YK Energy, co-owned by Limak Holding and İÇTAŞ operating the Yeniköy and Kemerköy thermal power stations, had obtained the necessary permissions to open 740 decares of land within the Akbelen forest in İkizköy to convert it to an open coal mine providing lignite for the thermal power stations. The company, however, met with the resistance of the İkizköy villagers.
A tree logging team from the Forest Administration entered the Akbelen forest at 6am on 17 July 2021, and cut nearly 30 trees before the İkizköy villagers reached the spot. The villagers have been keeping a vigil in the forest ever since.
Deputies from the Green Left Party went to the forest today to stand in solidarity with those resisting the ecocide in Akbelen.
The Green Left Party delegation was made up of Co-Spokesperson İbrahim Akın and deputies Burcu Gül Çubuk and Perihan Koca.
The deputies and the people were attacked by the gendarmerie with pressure water and pepper spray.
Protests in the area continue.
