Green Artvin Association

A group of 30 media representatives visited the Cerattepe region of the Kafkasör highland in the Black Sea province of Artvin, examining and reporting the damage caused by a planned mine construction in the area, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 13.

Turkey's Council of State has approved a local court decision on a major copper mine in the Black Sea province of Artvin, a project that has triggered strong reactions and protests by locals and environmentalists.

After an application by the Green Artvin Association to cancel the project, the top court ruled there was no need for the cancelation of it.

Are Native Americans luckier than people from our Black Sea province of Artvin? As I am writing this piece, I don't know the answer to this question because the "Cerattepe" case, which is defined as Turkey's biggest environmental case, was still ongoing in the Black Sea province of Rize. 

For days we have been holding our breath waiting for the resistance at Cerattepe, Artvin to yield results. The positive news we got the other day halting the mine construction work certainly relieved us all. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is set to meet with a delegation from the Black Sea province of Artvin on Feb. 24, in a bid to resolve ongoing unrest over plans to build a new mine in Artvin's Cerattepe district.

Thousands of people have continued to protest against plans to construct a gold mine in a pristine area of remote northeastern Turkey.

Caterpillars have started to prepare an environmentally important area in northern Turkey for construction of a mine site that saw two-day protests against turning a lush landscape into a gold mine, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkish security forces fired tear gas on the second day of a protest against a gold mine being built in an ecologically pristine area in the country's Black Sea region. 

Police and gendarmerie reinforcements were deployed to Cerattepe in the Black Sea province of Artvin on Feb. 17 as security forces deployed tear gas and batons against locals who have been protesting efforts by a mining company to open a gold mine in the area.

Police used tear gas on Feb. 16 to disperse thousands of locals protesting a company's efforts to extract mine in Cerattepe region in the Black Sea province of Artvin.

Protestors, who blocked traffic with their vehicles starting late Feb. 15, threw stones at the security forces in response. The road is still blocked after the police intervention.