Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Turkey · 2024

Fethiye village's only water source allocated to a hydro line; detentions follow

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Did nature suffer? Not measured.

What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Medyascope reported in August 2024 that Söğütlü village's only water source in Fethiye, Turkey, had been allocated to a hydro line, and that villagers were detained when gendarmerie intervened. The village was billed 98,000 lira for the cost of cutting its water, the report says.

What?

Söğütlü village's only water source was allocated to a hydro line, and villagers were detained when they resisted. Medyascope

Where?

Söğütlü village, Fethiye, Muğla, Turkey Medyascope

When?

August 2024 Medyascope

Who?

Gained

Akfen — Hydro plant that received the spring's allocation Medyascope

Lost

Söğütlü villagers — Only water source taken; billed 98,000 lira for cutting the water Medyascope

Harmed

Söğütlü villagers — Detained when gendarmerie intervened Medyascope

Why?

Not stated in the sources reviewed.

How?

Spring allocated to a hydro line; water cut during construction. Medyascope

6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Medyascope reported in August 2024 that the village's only water source had been allocated to a hydro line, and that gendarmerie intervened when villagers resisted, with detentions.

A district chair of the AKP met the villagers and defended the hydro construction, Medyascope reported.

Medyascope reported that the spring was allocated to Akfen's hydro plant and that the costs of cutting its water were billed to villagers, 98,000 lira.

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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 give the volume of water taken from the spring.
None on record The sources do not say whether the bill was challenged or withdrawn, or what the detentions led to.