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Energy minister claims 9 million trees could be planted with rent from coal plant in Yırca
Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said 9 million trees could be planted with the income from the rent brought by the coal plant in the village of Yırca, located in the Soma district of the western province of Manisa.
The Edirne governor should not be allowed to remain in office
If we lived in a normal and civilized country, Edirne Governor Dursun Åahin would have already been removed.
The governor not only committed a hate crime, but at the same time is, as a civilian authority, he openly discriminated against the citizens of the Republic of Turkey.
Turkey's top court partly annuls expropriation law, upholds alcohol restrictions
Turkey's Constitutional Court has issued rulings on two key cases, partly annulling the controversial expropriation law, while upholding the latest restrictions on alcoholic drinks.
Turkish villagers in bitter harvest from chopped olive trees
Villagers in the Aegean town of Yırca, where an energy company with close links to the government cut down 6,000 olive trees for a thermal power plant construction last week, has harvested the olives of the felled trees for the last time.
Villagers harvest Yırca’s cut olive trees for the last time
Villagers in the Aegean town of Yırca, where an energy company with close links to the government cut down 6,000 olive trees for a thermal power plant construction last week, has harvested the olives of the felled trees for the last time.
Company fires 100 workers after coal plant project in Soma olive grove halted
Kolin Ä°nÅaat, the energy firm that felled around 6,000 olive trees in the Aegean village of Yırca last week for the construction of a planned coal power plant, laid off some 100 personnel after a Council of State decision halted the project.
Ruling on power plant project in Soma olive grove 'leaked to company'
Kolin Ä°nÅaat, the energy firm that felled around 5,000 olive trees in the Aegean village of Yırca last week for the construction of a planned coal power plant, was aware of a Council of State decision halting the project two days before its announcement, a deputy from Turkeyâs main opposition has claimed.
Top Turkish court suspends law opening olive groves for energy facilities
Turkeyâs Council of State ordered a stay of execution Oct. 28 for a controversial bill that opened olive groves across the country for the construction of energy facilities, amid disputes between local producers and energy firms looking to open new plants.