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• Occupation forces cut down trees in Afrin 

  Turkish army allied gangs cut down thousands of olive trees in Afrin territory.
• Make Rojava Green Again at FFF summer-congress and Attac academy 

  There will be panel discussions and workshops for the activists to exchange ideas on countering climate change and formulate their demands. They will also be able to learn basic rhetoric and campaigning skills.
• Turkish Gendarmerie bans vigil for Hasankeyf 

  A vigil for the preservation of the historic Hasankeyf cultural site has been prevented by the Turkish Gendarmerie forces.
• Turkey-linked mercenaries destroy nature in Afrin 

  Turkish occupation forces and their mercenary allies, as well as murders, kidnapping and brutalities, continued to destroy and plunder the environment in Afrin. 
• Yedikule Gardens: the only urban agriculture example in Istanbul 

  Istanbul is Turkey's largest metropolitan city. With the current government and its increasing population, urban transformation is one of the most urgent problems of the city.
• Urgent call to join Hasankeyf Vigil as filling of Ilisu Dam began 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement have launched an urgent appeal as the filling of Ilisu Dam has started.
• Millenary site destroyed for a 50-year lasting dam 

  Mehmet Uçar, spokesperson for the Culture and Arts Commission of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul Province Organization, wrote a play called ‘For Hasankeyf için' to create awareness about the imminent destruction of this historical site.
• Tents turned into flower gardens 

  People of Afrin living in camps in Shehba decorate the camps and tents with shrubs and flowers.
• Rojava Gardens provide fresh produce and a livelihood for people 

  The Rojava Gardens in Serekaniye’s Eziziye village has become the livelihood of many migrant families with the vegetables and fruits grown.
• Successful "Big Jump" actions for Hasankeyf and Tigris River! 

  The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement issued a statement about the successful day of action for the 12,000 years old site.
• HDP prevented from reaching village of Ilisu 

  A HDP delegation was prevented from going to the village of Ilisu to make a press conference about the Ilisu Dam.
• Weekend for Hasankeyf 

  Three environmental movements called for action today and tomorrow in around 20 cities against the Ilısu Dam, which will leave Hasankeyf and the Tigris Valley inundated.
• Fires in Mount Cudi and Xurs 

  Residents of villages in the region of Mount Cudi and Xurs said Turkish soldiers set the forest on fire. The people worked for hours to extinguish the fire.
• Turkey-bound mercenaries set fire to lands in Afrin 

  Turkish regime-bound mercenary groups set fire to the lands belonging to the villagers in Mabata, province of Afrin.
• It is not too late to save Hasankeyf 

  New call to save Hasankeyf. It is not too late, said activists.
• Fire in Idil growing 

  The fire near the historic Elo Dîno Palace in the rural countryside of Şırnak is growing and no intervention is made to try and extinguish it.
• Photographs from attack against nature in Kobane 

  Thousands of decares of cultivated lands have been burned down by the Turkish state and their allied gangs in the last two months in the Kobane Canton. The vile attack against nature was documented by ANHA’s aerial photos.
• The precious qualities of mulberry molasses 

  In Binarê Qendil, women rolled up their sleeves to make mulberry molass.
• Make Rojava Green Again held 3rd international gathering in Italy 

  The "Make Rojava Green Again" campaign held its third international meeting in the Val de Susa in Italy, discussing the possibilities for closer cooperation of ecology movements.
• Xakurke: With F-16 jets against animals and plants 

  The Turkish army not only kills civilians in their invasion of southern Kurdistan, but also largely destroys nature in Xakurke in an attempt to depopulate the region.
• Field fire in Kobanê reaches the homes of villagers 

  The field fires in the east of Kobanê have reached the homes and gardens of the local population.
• Turkish regime cuts down 1.000 olive trees in Yazidi village 

  Yazidis forced to leave their homes due to the Turkish occupation in Afrin issued a statement in the Serdem Camp in Shehba.
• Call to join the “big dip” for Hasankeyf on 14 July 

  On the second Sunday of July each year, people in Europe and beyond join the “big dip” into rivers and lakes as part of a campaign for the conservation and renaturation of our freshwater ecosystems.
• Turkish army attacks against nature 

  The Turkish army has been attacking the natural environment in the Bradost region.
• Signature campaign for Hasankeyf 

  Under the slogan “Hasankeyf is our culture, Tigris our nature” people from Hasankeyf, Iraq, Rojava and nine European countries called for the Turkish government not to start filling the Ilisu Dam reservoir, as was announced for 10th June, 2019.