Name: Turkish olive farmer battles to save her land from coal mine
Uploaded: 2021-03-09T18:55:49.000Z
Duration: 3 min 35 s
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64 year old grandmother, Tayyib Demerol, a single handedly taking on the operators of a coal mine in a bid to save her land and village.

Behind the lush greenery of Demirel's olive groves in southwest Turkey lies a vast grey expanse.

The rolling hillside has been eaten by the nearby mine.

On the horizon, heavy smoke billows from the power plant.

Demirel said the area beyond her fields had once been carpeted with wildflowers.

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Five villages have already disappeared as the mine expanded.

Turkish authorities are pushing to more than double coal power capacity as the country tries to wean itself off imports.

The data gone power plant said its operations respect the environment and are carried out under supervision of relevant ministries.

Campaigners say the equivalent of nearly 8000 soccer fields has been lost to mining in the last four decades.

Across the Mugla province, activists such as Denise gum cell say coal pollution has led to major health issues alongside environmental damage.

But Gum Cell says there's reason to hope, thanks to the resistance of the women like Demerol from nearby villages.

The woman Villagers, the female Villagers, uh, Kisco Mila's are carrying out an incredible fight against this, uh, injustice, uh, business called business.

And they were They were very successful to stop or slow down, uh, progression of the mines.

For instance, last month Demerol won a court case leading to a halt of the mines expansion towards her village.

She still fears her six acre property is under threat but won't give up without a fight.

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