In order to prevent the cutting of Akbelen forests, the people of \u0130kizk\u00f6y and environmentalists wrote a letter to Bekir Pakdemirli, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, calling for \u00ab\u00a0take back the license\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Akbelen’ letter from villagers to Minister Pakdemirli: Take back the license<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The people of \u0130kizk\u00f6y and environmentalists, who have been on guard duty to prevent the cutting of Akbelen forests for about a month and a half in the Milas district of Mu\u011fla, wrote a letter to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli, noting that the license permit for the Akbelen Forest should be withdrawn and said, \u00ab\u00a0These licenses and permits should be reconsidered. It is necessary to protect the right to live and to take it back,\u00a0\u00bb he said. Villagers made a call to Minister Pakdemirli to \u00ab\u00a0Save the forests\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deniz G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fel, who made a statement on behalf of \u0130kizk\u00f6y Environment Platform, stated that approximately 1,600 people from thirty non-governmental organizations signed the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letter that G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015fel stated that they would deliver to Minister Pakdemirli is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUNABLED FOREST FIRES DESTROYED AN IMPORTANT SECTION OF THE REGION\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo the Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemir<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it is known, with the consent dated 28.11.2020 given by you, it is located within the borders of Mu\u011fla, Milas, \u0130kizk\u00f6y, in the forest sections no. 136, 137 of the Milas Forestry Operations Directorate Kayadere Forestry Operation Chief, and in the forest section no. 135 of the Karacahisar Forestry Directorate’s and public opinion. Yenik\u00f6y Kemerk\u00f6y Elektrik \u00dcretim ve Ticaret A.\u015e. in the forest area known as Akbelen Forest. Open mining permission has been granted on behalf of the mine. The lawsuit regarding the cancellation of the transaction continues with the case file of the Mu\u011fla 1st Administrative Court numbered 2021 \/563 E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the way, as you know, the forest fires that have been going on since the beginning of August and cannot be prevented have destroyed a significant part of the forest assets of the region. On August 8, as if the forests were not destroyed by the fires and the fires were still not continuing, the men of Yenik\u00f6y Kemerk\u00f6y Elektrik \u00dcretim ve Ticaret A.\u015e. started cutting trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n