Akbelen Forest

Akbelen Forest
Location within Turkey
Geography
Locationİkizköy, Muğla Province, Turkey
Coordinates37°10′39″N 27°51′13″E / 37.17750°N 27.85361°E / 37.17750; 27.85361
Area740 hectares (1,800 acres)

Akbelen Forest is a woodland in the Muğla Province of Turkey, located near İkizköy village.

In July 2023, most of the forest was cut down by YK Energy to make way for expansion of İkizköy lignite mine, which supplies the nearby Yeniköy power station. The deforestation attracted protests in July 2023. The protests were met with a police response and national media attention. Sixty percent of the forest had been destroyed by August.

A presidential decree to expropriate over 2000 hectares of land for mining was granted in March 2024, but cancelled the same month.

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