cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/54240467
Critics say some of the country’s environmental policies run counter to the image it is offering as host of a United Nations climate summit.
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“Today in Turkey, villagers’ lands are usurped without their consent, just because corporations demand it,” said Esra Isik, 26, who in July was sentenced to 25 months in prison for preventing an official from doing their duty during a protest against the expansion of a coal mine near her home in southern Turkey.