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Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Meanwhile, Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek also said the start of the construction had taken him by surprise. 'Our friends made me a surprise last night. They cleared ODTÜ’s road in just one night. May it bring good fortune for our Ankara,' Gökçek said via Twitter. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
The project envisages the construction of two roads on ODTÜ land. One of the roads, the smaller one, will still be constructed as planned, while the second will be replaced by a tunnel to minimize environmental damage. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
The much-criticized project threatens to destroy 3,000 trees in ODTÜ’s leafy campus; only 600 of the trees can be replanted. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Despite the contentious nature of the project, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality's road construction teams and heavy machinery entered the ODTÜ campus at around 10 p.m. on the night of Oct. 18, the last day of the Feast of Sacrifice, as the campus was mostly empty of students. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Some trees were cut down during the construction work as a large number of police officers escorted the workers. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
Police resorted to tear gas against a group of protesters who gathered after calls via social media. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
the rector of university expressed his fury at Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for entering the school’s campus at night without permission to clear-cut trees as part of a controversial road construction project in the capital. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
'ODTÜ has given its permission for the road project. But we don’t approve the midnight raid nor consider it a good-willed approach. What’s been done is entirely illegal,' rector Ahmet Acar said, emphasizing that the municipality workers had entered ODTÜ land without permission. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
'We will bring the matter to justice. It is impossible to determine during works at night if the trees cut down will be transported [to be replanted] somewhere else,' the rector also said. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
The night-time construction raid prompted protesters to plant new trees where they had been cut down by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
With scarce police presence this time and digging tools in their hands, demonstrators planted dozens of trees under the rain in a challenge to the municipality’s attitude. DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
Ankara municipality cuts down ODTÜ trees in a night-time operation, prompting protesters to plant new ones
DAILY NEWS photo, Selahattin SÖNMEZ
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