Villagers in Gözede, Bursa cut pipes to a municipal water factory
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Habertürk reported that villagers in Gözede, Bursa, cut the pipes carrying water to a municipal water factory in August 2024. The municipality says the factory runs on a separate line and that the real issue is irrigation; the stake for nature is the water the village uses for its fields and its own supply.
- Gözede village — irrigation water reported as diverted to the factory; the municipality says the factory has a separate line Habertürk
What happened
Habertürk reported on 20 August 2024 that villagers in Gözede protested over the water supply to a factory.
Villagers cut the pipes that lead to the factory, which the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality runs, according to the reporting.
The municipality says the factory is fed by a separate line, that the issue is irrigation, and that it built a 105,000 cubic metre pond for the village (Bursa Haber, 2024).
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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 give the factory's water volume or the village's irrigation needs.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not quantify any crop losses in 2024.
- None on record The municipality's claim that the factory has a separate line is not checked in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Bursa'da köylülerin su eylemiHabertürk · 2024-08-20
Connected cases
- Villagers in Bursa's Gözede cut pipes to city water factory Turkey · 2024
- Bursa Metropolitan Municipality (Government) — here: operator of the factory; disputes the villagers' account; there: Operator of the water factory
- Gözede villagers (Community group) — here: protesting residents; there: Villagers who cut the pipes
- Bursa’s bottled-water plants draw 4.4m m3 a year; dams hit 0.54% in 2025 Turkey · 2024–2025
- Bursa Metropolitan Municipality (Government) — here: operator of the factory; disputes the villagers' account; there: Public owner of the water factory in Gözede