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Gov't backs plan to open olive fields to energy firms

Gov't backs plan to open olive fields to energy firms
Gov't backs plan to open olive fields to energy firms

Locals stage a protest against the proposed bill to open olive groves to energy plants in Muğla. (Photo: DHA)
July 24, 2014, Thursday/ 17:07:40/ ŞABAN GÜNDÜZ / IZMIR

A proposed bill that would allow olive groves to be opened up to energy and mining investment in Turkey received government backing on Wednesday, a decision that has provoked criticism from producers.

Ministry of Agriculture officials said in a parliamentary session this week that the government will back a bill that threatens to open to energy firms land that has been used for harvesting olives for hundreds of years.

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