Environmental campaigners in southwest Turkey protested in a forest for a fourth day on Thursday against the felling of trees to make way for a coal mine's expansion, with a lawyer saying 14 people have been detained this week in clashes with police.
Armoured vehicles and security forces were deployed to block protesters from entering the woodland in Mugla province, and activists said police had sporadically fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse them since Monday.
Activists says the Akbelen forest will be totally destroyed by July 31 if the deforestation continues. Turkey's Limak Group and IC Ictas bought YK Energy for $2.67 billion in a privatisation tender in 2014. Limak Holding declined to comment on the developments. On Thursday, locals protested in front of the administrative court in Mugla, carrying a banner saying "Justice for Akbelen".
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