The planned copper mine in Aktarla neighborhood of Malatya's P\u00fct\u00fcrge district
\nproject, villagers reacted harshly to the authorities. Villagers said, \u201cThis project
\nwill destroy our living spaces,\u201d they said, loudly voicing their opposition to the project.
\nhe brought.
\nGroup IV (Copper) planned in Aktarla neighborhood of P\u00fct\u00fcrge district of Malatya
\nVillagers' reaction against the Mining Quarry and Beneficiation Plant project is growing
\nis growing. At an information meeting on the project, villagers lashed out at the authorities.
\nopposition.
\nVillagers participating in the meeting said that mining activities will affect agricultural areas, water resources and
\nthat they firmly oppose the project, stating that it will threaten their habitat.
\nhe expressed. Tension at times at the meeting where the hall was almost full
\nrose.
\nAddressing the officials, a villager said, \u201cWe were born on this land, we make our living on this land. Mining means the destruction of water, soil and life.\u201d
\nAnother villager said, \u201cThis mine will affect not only Aktarla, but all the villages in P\u00fct\u00fcrge and Kale. Our water, soil and animal husbandry will be finished. That's why we are totally against it,\u201d he said.
\nAt the meeting, the current state of the mine site and the damage caused by similar projects
\nphotos were shared with the participants. Villagers said that these images would be used
\nthat it would cause irreversible environmental damage.
\nWhile the authorities' explanations about the project did not convince the villagers, during the meeting
\npeople have made it clear that they are against the project. The villagers want to protect their habitat
\nfor the rights of the people of Turkey, emphasizing that they will continue their legal and social struggle.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the meeting, Yusuf Usul, President of H\u00fcs\u00fckku\u015fa\u011f\u0131 Association, spoke against the mining project.
\nhe used harsh expressions. In his procedural speech, he said the following:
\n\u201cIt is obvious what mining sites have become in Turkey. We want our nature
\npoisoning and destroying our land. Our living space
\n\u201dWe will never allow a project that will destroy it.\"
\nUsul called on the people of the village for unity and continued his words as follows:
\n\u201cWe have to be united against this process. Because we are talking about
\nour life, our nature and our future.\u201d
\nThese statements were supported with applause by the villagers in the hall.
\nA common and decisive stance was taken against the mining project.
\nSpeaking at the meeting, all village headmen in the region objected to the planned copper mine project.
\nThey expressed their strong opposition to the project. The mukhtars have expressed their opposition to the project.
\nthat they will never allow this, and that they will take all necessary legal processes in this context.
\nthat they were going to launch a new campaign.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the reaction of the villagers gradually increased and there was a loud
\ntensions prevailed. The villagers said that the project officials had come to the meeting area
\nand they were not present at the meeting, despite the fact that they were the people's interlocutors.
\ncriticized.
\nThe refusal of project officials to attend the meeting was described by villagers as a \u201cpublic
\nignoring the will of the people\u201d. This led to further reaction in the hall.
\nwhile villagers say the authorities' attitude has made them even more determined.
\nthat it has made the world a better place.
\nThe meeting also focused on \u201cpublic participation\u201d, which is one of the basic principles of the EIA process.\u201d
\nprinciple has been de facto violated. Villagers, meeting
\nthat about 50 people were left in \u00c7anak\u00e7\u0131 Village before the meeting, therefore the meeting
\nthey could not reach the site.
\nThe villagers argued that this was a deliberate or negligent obstruction,
\nThe public's participation in the process has been virtually eliminated. Villagers,
\n\u201cThe most basic condition of EIA is public participation. If people are not brought to the meeting
\nit has no legitimacy,\u201d
\nin the form of a \"no\".
\nThis escalated the tensions in the meeting hall and the villagers
\nargued that the process was not transparent and fair from the beginning.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the meeting, Erkan, a resident of B\u00f6l\u00fckkaya Village and a graduate of Public Administration
\nAyd\u0131n explained in detail the damages the mining facility would cause to the region. Aydin,
\nirreversible destruction of nature if the project is realized
\nwater resources will be polluted, water resources will be contaminated, and the socio-cultural and
\neconomic life would be eliminated.
\nAyd\u0131n used the following words in his speech:
\n\u201cIt is obvious what will happen to nature if a mining facility is established in this region. Our water
\npollution, livestock and agriculture will end, and the lives of the villagers will be destroyed. These mountains
\nGod created this village for the villagers, so that the project authorities can come and blast the mountains and make money.
\ndid not create it.\u201d
\nAyd\u0131n's remarks were greeted with applause for a long time by the villagers in the hall.
\nOne of the most remarkable moments of the meeting was when Erkan Ayd\u0131n, a resident of B\u00f6l\u00fckkaya Village
\nExamples of mining sites across Turkey to the participants with visuals
\nand the demonstration. Ayd\u0131n used these examples to show that their own regions could face the same fate.
\nand used the following expressions:
\n\u201cThe state of mining sites in Turkey is obvious. Our own region, our own
\nand we will not allow our nature to become like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this point, one of the officials present at the meeting said, \u201cWe are ending the meeting, we cannot stay here until the evening,\u201d which caused a reaction in the hall.
\n\u201cIf the issue is nature, if the issue is the life of this people, we will be here until the morning,\u201d Erkan Ayd\u0131n responded harshly to this statement.
\nUpon Ayd\u0131n's remarks, the majority of the villagers in the hall stood up and spoke for a long time.
\napplauded for a while. With this attitude, the villagers expressed their opposition to Erkan Ayd\u0131n and the mining project.
\nshowed their full support for the stance taken.
\nTowards the end of the meeting, another remarkable development took place. Participants
\nAccording to the report, one of the officials present at the meeting said that Erkan Ayd\u0131n's statements
\nand then turned to him and said, \u201cDon't look at me like that, I'm on your side,\u201d
\n\"I am not a conscientious observer of the ongoing process. With this statement, the official said that the process was being carried out in good conscience.
\nthat he was at a point where he needed to be questioned as a politician.
\nHowever, villagers who attended the meeting said that these remarks were not recorded in the official minutes.
\nthat the conscientious approach taken was not recorded. This situation also led to
\ntransparency has been criticized by citizens.<\/p>\n
Speaking again at the end of the meeting, Erkan Ayd\u0131n, a resident of B\u00f6l\u00fckkaya Village, said that the planned
\nthe mining facility project is in line with the Constitution, applicable laws and
\nis in clear violation of international conventions. Ayd\u0131n, the project
\nviolation of the villagers' right to life guaranteed by the Constitution
\nand brought this situation to the attention of the authorities on legal grounds.
\nErkan Ayd\u0131n said in his speech that the mining project is being implemented despite the people and without the will of the people.
\nand that this is a practice contrary to the rule of law.
\nhe stated. However, the officials present at the meeting did not seem to be aware of this legal
\ninsisted on not recording the evaluations in the minutes.
\nUpon this attitude, the tension in the hall increased again and the villagers openly expressed their reaction.
\nand expressed his concerns. After the discussions, the statement was not recorded in the minutes
\nlegal assessments are submitted to the authorities in writing and recorded.
\nto be taken into custody.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Malatya\u2019n\u0131n P\u00fct\u00fcrge il\u00e7esine ba\u011fl\u0131 Aktarla Mahallesi\u2019nde planlanan bak\u0131r madeni projesiyle ilgili toplant\u0131da k\u00f6yl\u00fcler yetkililere sert tepki g\u00f6sterdi. K\u00f6yl\u00fcler, \u201cBu proje ya\u015fam alanlar\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 yok edecek\u201d diyerek projeye kar\u015f\u0131 olduklar\u0131n\u0131 y\u00fcksek sesle dile getirdi. Malatya\u2019n\u0131n P\u00fct\u00fcrge il\u00e7esine ba\u011fl\u0131 Aktarla Mahallesi\u2019nde planlanan IV. Grup (Bak\u0131r) Maden Oca\u011f\u0131 ve Zenginle\u015ftirme Tesisi projesine kar\u015f\u0131 k\u00f6yl\u00fclerin tepkisi giderek b\u00fcy\u00fcyor. Projeye ili\u015fkin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":282205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,78,288],"class_list":{"0":"post-282204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem","8":"tag-chp","9":"tag-kemal-kilicdaroglu","10":"tag-ozgur-ozel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282206,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282204\/revisions\/282206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}