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Cases / Water use · Turkey · 2017–2025

Akyazı company bottles water leased for a thermal hotel; permits cancelled

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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

A company that leased water for a planned thermal hotel in Akyazı, Sakarya, bottled and sold it, Hürriyet reported in 2017. Villagers objected for about ten years until the provincial governor's office cancelled the company's permits in 2025.

What?
Water leased for a planned thermal hotel in Akyazı, Sakarya, was bottled and sold, and the company's permits were later cancelled. Hürriyet
Where?
Akyazı, Sakarya province, Turkey. Halk54
When?
Bottling reported in 2017 (Hürriyet); permits cancelled in 2025 (Halk54). Halk54
Who?
Gained
  • A company that leased the water (not named in the sources reviewed) — Bottled and sold the leased water Hürriyet
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Akyazı villagers — Objected for about ten years to the water being bottled and sold Halk54
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Water leased for a thermal hotel was used for a bottling plant and sales; an expert found an unlicensed intake, and the governor's office cancelled the permits. Halk54
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What happened

The record, in order.

Hürriyet reported in 2017 that a company which rented water for a planned thermal hotel set up a plant and began selling the water.

Halk54 reported that villagers objected for about ten years, and that an expert found the company was using an unlicensed intake.

Halk54 reported that the provincial governor's office cancelled the company's facility and production permits in 2025.

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    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the company, the rent paid, or the volume bottled.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not state whether the cancelled permits have been challenged.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not state the amount of water taken or its effect on the village's supply.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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