Artvin

Take a look at our compilation of 27 pictures showing the natural beauty of the northeastern province of Artvin, where protests continue amid a police intervention

Police used tear gas on Feb. 16 to disperse thousands of locals protesting a company's efforts to extract mine in Cerattepe region in the Black Sea province of Artvin.

Protestors, who blocked traffic with their vehicles starting late Feb. 15, threw stones at the security forces in response. The road is still blocked after the police intervention.

With the Black Sea province of Artvin suffering floods after disastrous rain and landslides that killed eight people, experts believe the many hydroelectric power plants being constructed in the area and clogged culverts triggered the deadly phenomenon.

At least eight people were killed and one went missing due to floods and landslides in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin on Aug. 24, Turkish Forestry Minister has announced.

At least seven people were killed and two went missing due to floods and landslides in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin on Aug. 24, the governor has announced.

Eight people were killed and two went missing due to floods and landslides in Turkey's Black Sea province of Artvin on Aug. 24, the governor has announced.

An investigation has been launched against six people who allegedly blocked off a road in several upland areas in the Black Sea province of Artvin to prevent mining activities, which several rights groups and environmental organizations say will destroy the region?s ecosystem.

Tension has risen between gendarmerie forces and locals in the Black Sea province of Artvin, with local activists trying to prevent untouched forest in the region from being cleared for new mining facilities. 

Let me highlight this first: There is a colossal difference between capitalism and wild capitalism. For a long time, wild capitalism has been imposed upon us under the name of ?development.? 

A group of locals and environmentalist activists blocked the road to an untouched forested area in the Black Sea province of Artvin to prevent the activities of a mining firm.

Activists and locals guard the mountainous forests of Artvin in separate locations to prevent Forestry Ministry officials from entering the area.