Τετάρτη 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2016

Clashes in Turkey to build a gold mine

Clashes in Turkey to build a gold mine



Clashes broke out today, for the second consecutive day in Artvin in northeastern Turkey between security forces and demonstrators who oppose a controversial construction project gold mine, according to the French Agency photographer.

police unit for restoring order dissolved using teargas about 200 protesters who had gathered in Tzeratepe hill, 10 km. from the city center to protest the opening of a gold mine in this natural space.

One protester was injured, according to the photographer of the French Agency. About 10 demonstrators were arrested, write local newspapers.

For days, hundreds of residents of Artvin and surroundings are making protests against the mine construction project led by Cengiz Holding Group which conducts face tee entourage of islamosyntiritikou President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Already yesterday, the forces of order intervened to remove protesters blocking access to this area.

The environmental organizations that have the support of opposition deputies consider "illegal" the beginning of the construction project. In 2014, the Justice initially suspended the licenses of the mine before it a report on the effects on the environment ultimately allow the start of construction, according to the Athens Press Agency.

In May 2013, the mobilization minimum environmentalists who opposed the destruction of small green space in Istanbul, the Geza park evolved into an unprecedented wave of protest against the "authoritarian" and "Islamist" derogation of the then Prime Minister Erdogan. For three weeks, the mass protest wave had caused turmoil in the government, before the brutal suppression.

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