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• AKP government puts green areas up for sale in Van 

  The AKP has started to sell the green areas and parks in Van. The former state hospital land and Milli Egemenlik Park are sold by TOKI.
• KESK: Canal Istanbul Project must be abandoned 

  The Confederation of Public Workers' Trade Unions (KESK) drew attention to the dangers of the Canal Istanbul project imposed by the government and demanded that the project be completely canceled.
• Kanal Istanbul, or the ecocide project 

  President Erdoğan was challenged by Istanbul mayor Imamoğlu on what he called "my dream", Kanal Istanbul. The HDP has always rejected the project as a "destruction project".
• International meeting by Make Rojava Green Again in Switzerland 

  The "Make Rojava Green Again" campaign held its fifth international gathering in Zurich, discussing the need to move forward with long term projects, despite the continued war.
• Make Rojava Green Again and Fridays For Future on Climate Strike 

  ​​​​​​​“Continue to actively resist and be loud, angry and disobedient! Together we will change the capitalist system and defend Rojava!”
• Hevsel Gardens, a wonder of nature colors 

  Hevsel Gardens, which has been for 8 thousand years an agricultural area in Amed and has been included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, are experiencing an explosion of colors with the arrival of the autumn.
• Fridays For Future international - Solidarity with Rojava 

  “Continue to fight, we all stand at your side and together we fight and defend the social and ecological revolution: in Rojava and everywhere in the world,” says a hunger-striking FFF activists to the people in Rojava.
• Turkey’s mercenaries cut down 100 olive trees in Afrin 

  The Turkish invasion of Afrin has left one and a half years behind. During this period of time, the Turkish state and allied mercenaries have committed numerous crimes and massacres.
• Call for the Global Strike 4 Future on 29th November 

  No compromises with climate justice – And in the defense of the revolution in Rojava!
• Hasankeyf approaching doomsday 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive has issued a statement saying that Hasankeyf and Tigris Valley are "approaching doomsday".
• Life Forest for women in Sur 

  In order to draw attention to the daily femicide in Turkey and worldwide, the women's council of the municipality of Sur has built a life forest for women. 390 trees have already been planted in the forest.
• The olive groves of Zirgan abandoned due to Turkish invasion 

  People in villages in the northern Syrian region of Zirgan live from agriculture and the yield of their olive groves. But since the occupation of Turkey, the only livelihood people has been taken away.
• FridaysForFuture in solidarity with Rojava 

  Protest and actions will take place on Friday, 18th October, under the slogan "#FridaysForPeace - Stop the war against Rojava".
• Fridays for Future Switzerland: Join strike for Rojava on Friday 

  Solidarity with the people of North and East Syria continues to grow in the face of Turkey's ongoing military offensive seeking to invade the region.
• What can ecologists do to support the resistance in NE Syria? 

  "The resistance in Rojava is a struggle for all those movements. Bring everyone together. Be creative. We love you all," said activists from the campaign in Rojava.
• Enviromentalist organisations condemn Turkish war against Rojava 

  A call for all democratic and ecological organizations to raise your voices for the people of Northeast Syria.
• Slow Food: Stop the Turkish offensive in Northern Syria 

  Slowfood, which has a project in Kobane, condemned Turkish attack and issued an urgent appeal for peace, to stop the offensive that threatens to make us lose a common home, a dream of democracy and justice that was, slowly becoming a reality."
• Open letter by Fridays for Future for Rojava 

  The local group of "Fridays For Future Rojava" addresses the world public and in particular the climate movement.
• Make Rojava Green Again calls for solidarity and resistance 

  “Now more than ever, we will continue the fight for a free and green Rojava. Because the land must to be defended or there will be no place for the revolution.”
• Urgent call for Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley 

  It is possible to save the 12,000 year old Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley, which gave and gives life to all of us, says the Hasankeyf Coordination.
• Turkish army destroying the environment in Afrin 

  Turkish army once again destroying the environment in Afrin by cutting down trees.
• Interview to the III. International Social Ecology Meeting 

  The Third International Meeting of Social Ecology – A reflection by Make Rojava Green Again
• Northern Syria: Olive harvest begins amid attacks 

  In the northern Syrian regions of Shehba and Sherawa, the olive harvest begins amid ongoing attacks by the Turkish military and allied militia.
• Turkish army and its mercenaries set Mabata forest on fire 

  Invading Turkish army set fire to the forest around the village of Kaxrê in Mabata.
• Newly discovered 10,000-year-old settlement to be flooded by dam 

  A newly discovered about 10,000 years old settlement in Amed is to sink into the water of the Ambar dam.