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Turkey: Criminal complaint against two municipalities in mass fish deaths

Turkiye
Published Sep 29, 2022

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In Bakırçay, which spills into Çandarlı Bay, where many bird and animal species are sheltered, different species of fish such as mullet, carp and sea bass washed up on the shore the previous day. The fact that thousands of dead fish covered the river, which also serves to irrigate agricultural lands, drew a reaction from the people of the region.

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Fish deaths and flies surrounding rotten fish dead in Bakırçay, which were claimed to be polluted by environmental organizations due to coal water coming from coal factories in Soma district of Manisa, chemical wastes from other factories in the region, domestic waste and acidic water flowing from tomato paste factories, have made environmental organizations re- set it in motion. After the mass fish deaths in Bakırçay, the officials of the Dikili District Directorate of Agriculture took a sample from the water to determine the cause of death of the fish, but it was claimed that the sample was taken after the dam built on the sea side was demolished in order to keep the water at a certain level for the farmers irrigating agricultural land from Bakırçay. It was claimed that the set, which claims to have been established by the Bergama Municipality, was demolished by the Dikili Municipality after the mass fish death. The members of the Çandarlı People's Assembly, claiming that ...
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