Defending Nature

Despite the violence of law enforcement forces in Turkey, both urban and rural communities are protesting environmental injustices, including ecological destruction, human rights violations, health problems, displacement that extractive industry causes. recent increase discussions on topic, protests not debates Turkish politics. Since military coup 1980, changes mining codes have led to organize defend their livelihoods, place, culture. For four decades, many organized successful helped develop movement Turkey. However, while some movements been ongoing for years through grassroots activism, others failed create a collective identity enables entire community come together. Hence, this paper, I comparatively analyse anti-mining struggles two communities. In doing so, show how local inhabitants able an against extractivism livelihoods space under umbrella organization...