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Kolin İnşaat, the energy firm that felled around 6,000 olive trees in the Aegean village of Yırca last week for the construction of a planned coal power plant, laid off some 100 personnel after a Council of State decision halted the project.

Kolin İnşaat, the energy firm that felled around 5,000 olive trees in the Aegean village of Yırca last week for the construction of a planned coal power plant, was aware of a Council of State decision halting the project two days before its announcement, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition has claimed.

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has defended the controversial razing of an olive grove for the construction of a coal plant in the mining town of Soma, arguing that “100-200 trees shouldn’t stop Turkey’s development.”