Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mine</span></a> protesters blasted with water cannon by riot <a href="https://journa.host/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66351888" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66</span><span class="invisible">351888</span></a><br />Bit of background v <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/etemelkuran" class="u-url mention">@<span>etemelkuran</span></a></span> :<br />&quot; <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Limak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Limak</span></a> , a Turkish construction company is now destroying a centuries-old forest the size of 105 football stadiums in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Akbelen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Akbelen</span></a> Turkey. Thousands of envorimentalists are resisting.&quot; - all this to make way for a new <a href="https://journa.host/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coal</span></a> mine<br />The pictures of elderly women literally hugging trees to protect them are heartbreaking <br /><a href="https://journa.host/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>