'Pit of hell': Turkish mum, daughter lead fight against coal mine
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'Pit of hell': Turkish mum, daughter lead fight against coal mine
"We call it the pit of hell," muses the 48-year-old activist and local leader of Ikizkoy village, which has 70 homes. When COP31 begins Monday in Antalya, summit host Turkey is hoping to show off its best side with a campaign focused on renewable energies and electrification. But those who want to draw attention to a different side of the story are not welcome. For nearly a decade, Isik and her daughter Esra, 26, have thrown themselves into pro…
‘Pit of hell’: Turkish mother and daughter fight coal mine expansion - Turkish Minute
Near her village in southwestern Turkey, Nejla Işık walks through what is left of the Akbelen Forest, pausing to look down at the coal mine whose expansion she and her daughter have spent nearly a decade fighting. “We call it the pit of hell,” says the 48-year-old activist and local leader of İkizköy village, which […]
Turkey wants to make a good appearance at COP31 by focusing on renewable energies. In the south-western part of the country, however, families cling to the fact that they... Read more Turkish villages fight coal before COP31 appeared first on Le Singulier.
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