{"id":12621,"date":"2024-06-14T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/?p=12621"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:10:24","slug":"we-should-stop-ecological-plunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/we-should-stop-ecological-plunder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We should stop ecological plunder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cWe should stop ecological plunder,\u201d said Halime \u015eaman, a volunteer at the Mu\u011fla Environmental Platform, calling for a united struggle against ecological plunder in T\u00fcrkiye and Kurdistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ecology Union<\/a> composed of 86 ecological\/environmental organizations held a conference in Amed<\/a> on May 11 to determine a road map against ecological plunder in T\u00fcrkiye and Kurdistan. \u201cWe must resist for the protection of our nature,\u201d said Halime \u015eaman, a volunteer at the Mu\u011fla Environmental Platform and a member of the Ecology Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecological destruction carried out in Kurdish cities has intensified due to dams, mines, logging and the exploration of oil wells. The ecological plunder continues to be carried out despite the efforts aiming at stopping it. The policies of ecological plunder are carried out in different ways in the West of T\u00fcrkiye, aiming at impoverishing the people. Ecologists call for a united struggle against these policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The struggle for ecology is a game-changing struggle\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The struggle for ecology<\/a> is a common struggle without discrimination, Halime \u015eaman emphasized, saying, \u201cThe struggle for ecology is a game-changing struggle, breaking all masks. The state tries to maintain its existence by forming artificial agendas to plunder nature. A pickaxe struck on the branch of an oak tree in \u015e\u0131rnak<\/a> is a strike on the branch of an olive tree in the Aegean. We will keep struggling against ecological plunder and depopulation everywhere because this policy of plunder has no intention of stopping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u2018There is a corporatized system of states all around the world\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital owners are gradually controlling every field by becoming the enemies of every stone, soil and tree, Halime \u015eaman indicated, adding, \u201cAs the Ecology Union, we discuss effective methods of struggle. Capital knows very well the struggle for ecology in each region and the ways to break the resistance. We will keep speaking out against the ecological plunder no matter what happens. We will keep telling the truth everywhere. There is a corporatized system of states all around the world. T\u00fcrkiye also has a corporatized system. Companies can easily amend laws according to their own interests. Due to their policies, we are becoming poorer every day. We are displaced from our hometowns. We must unite against such policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We must say no to displacement, poverty and plunder\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halime \u015eaman thinks that people should protect their own living spaces. Calling on people not to believe in the lies of capitalists claiming that they will provide employment and develop their society. \u201cCapitalists try to deceive people everywhere. The gold mine disaster in the \u0130li\u00e7 town of Erzincan<\/a> shows how capitalists deceive people. People should protect their own living spaces and their nature against capitalists. Both people and ecologists must unite against ecological plunder. We must say no to displacement, poverty and plunder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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