Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Turkey · 2013–2014
Çeşme wind farm olive grove partly registered to Treasury despite 2014 halt
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Çeşme wind farm was subject to urgent expropriation in 2013. The Council of State stayed the expropriation in 2014, but part of an olive grove was nonetheless registered to the Turkish Treasury, according to a FAO AGRIS record.
What?
The Çeşme wind farm was subject to urgent expropriation in 2013; the Council of State stayed it in 2014.
Where?
Çeşme, Turkey
When?
Urgent expropriation in 2013; Council of State stay in 2014.
Who?
Gained
- Wind farm company (not named in the sources reviewed) — Urgent expropriation for the wind farm, per the FAO AGRIS record
Lost
- Olive grove owner — Lost out in the dispute, per bianet (2014) bianet
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Urgent expropriation of land for a wind farm, with olive grove land later registered to the Treasury.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
According to a FAO AGRIS record, the Çeşme wind farm was subject to urgent expropriation in 2013.
The Council of State stayed the expropriation in 2014, but part of the olive grove was registered to the Turkish Treasury, the same record says.
A 2014 bianet report describes an olive grove owner who lost out in the dispute.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2014Outcome not on recordÇeşme wind farm urgent expropriation, stay of executionCouncil of State (Danıştay) · Administrative · Not named in the sources reviewed → Not named in the sources reviewed
The Council of State stayed the urgent expropriation in 2014; part of the grove was still registered to the Treasury, according to FAO AGRIS.
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.
Court
- Unclear Çeşme wind farm urgent expropriation, stay of execution: outcome not on record.
Record
- None on record The wind farm company is not named in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The number of olive trees affected at Çeşme is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Compensation amounts for the expropriated land are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Unclear Whether the Treasury registration was reversed after the stay is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The FAO AGRIS record is cited without a link in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
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