Akyazı company bottles water leased for a thermal hotel; permits cancelled
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
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 happened
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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What we don't know
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.