Villagers who resisted the expropriation of their own lands by the state to be handed over to a company called Limark were arrested.
Esra Işık, who refused to give her privately owned land to the mining company Limark, was detained and then arrested.
Esra Işık, who said “We do not want to give up our lands and olive groves,” had been repeatedly subjected to attacks by the gendarmerie.
In Turkey, under Erdoğan’s rule, in recent years the country’s entire natural environment has effectively been handed over to mining companies. People who object are attacked by the police and gendarmerie and are arrested. Esra Işık has become the latest example of this.
While campaigns across Turkey continue demanding Esra’s release, the occupation of villagers’ lands has been compared to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.
The slogan “Palestinian lands belong to Palestinians, not to the murderer Israel” is echoed in Turkey as follows: The lands, homes, and olive groves of villagers belong to the villagers, not to Erdoğan and his allied companies