ECOLOGY

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• Massacre against nature on Afrin-Idlib highway 

  The invading Turkish state and their allied gangs have been cutting down olive and pomegranate trees in the region for the construction of the Afrin-Idlib highway.
• Afrin’s nature and resources under threat 

  The Turkish state is not threatening only human life and human rights but also the nature in Afrin territory under its occupation.
• Profiteering continues in Hasankeyf: 265 tonne iwan moved 

  The Imam Abdullah Zawiya’s iwan part has been moved out of Hasankeyf in the final phase.
• Occupation forces set fire to mountains in Afrin 

  Turkish forces and allied mercenaries continue destroying the nature of Afrin under their occupation.
• Forest fire in Dersim countryside grows 

  The fire started by the Turkish army in Kutudere region of Dersim is growing and people are not allowed to intervene.
• Turkish bombardment starts a fire in Dersim countryside 

  The Turkish army continues destroying the nature of Kurdistan through its attacks during military operations.
• Professor Üstün: The West must see the fires burning Dersim 

  HDP member of Ecology Commission, Dr. Beyza Üstün, said that fires in Dersim are part of the war policies carried out by the state.
• “Pillaging and ecocide in Kurdistan” 

  HDP Van MP Tayip Temel stated that there is an intense war in progress and added: “The state is attacking society, the land and all living beings in Kurdistan.”
• Artist Ferhat Tunç: We won't give up defending nature 

  Artist Ferhat Tunç said that the state has been exposed by burning the forests and thus showing it wants to empty the villages of Dersim.
• Call for action for Dersim 

  The forest fires started by the Turkish state in Dersim’s central and rural areas have spread to thousands of hectares with the wind.
• Four environmentalists killed in forest firefighting in Rojhilat 

  Four environmental activists died on Saturday in the eastern Kurdistan county of Marivan. The four men were trying to fight a wildfire that had broken out due to artillery attacks by Iranian Pasdaran forces.
• Women against fire in Dersim 

  Groups of women are working to try and extinguish the fires caused by the Turkish army operations in Dersim.
• Ecologists protest against fires in Dersim 

  The Turkish army has set Dersim forests on fire and did nothing to extinguish them.
• AKP’s desperation: Forest fires in Kurdistan 

  The AKP regime continues to burn through Kurdistan’s lands.
• Turkish army attacks mountain goats with Katyusha in Zagros 

  The Turkish army targeted a pezovî (mountain goat) herd in the Zagros Mountain. Only one pezkovî kid survived the Katyusha attack.
• Turkish army a grave threat to forests 

  The Turkish state has turned into a nature-killer in Kurdistan. Every year, forests are systemicaly set on fire by state forces.
• Turkish warplanes target forests in Qandil 

  The invading Turkish army continues destroying the nature of Kurdistan under the pretext of military operations.
• Turkish soldiers leave forest in Kulp burning 

  Turkish soldiers have set 10 thousand hectares of land on fire and prevent citizens from extinguishing the fire.
• Turkish army starts a fire in South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish state continues destroying the nature of Kurdistan as part of its all-out attacks against the Kurdish people and their achievements.
• Turkish state gangs burn hundreds of trees in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish army and their allied gangs have set fire to the trees near the Gorda village in Jindirese.
• Occupying Turkish army and mercenaries set trees on fire in Afrin 

  Shameful destruction of trees continues in Afrin
• Occupation forces burn 5 thousand olive trees in Afrin 

  More atrocities by the invaders in Afrin.
• Ecology Platform: Forests are burned for "security reasons" 

  Most fires are listed as started by ’unknown’.
• AKP to sell the Muradiye Waterfall in Van 

  The thieving Van Metropolitan Municipality has sold off everything and shut down all institutions of the people in the city, and is putting the Muradiye Waterfall up for sale this week.
• Turkish army starts forest fire in Cudi 

  Turkish bombardments started a huge fire in the forested area in Mount Cudi region.