First the Kaz Mountains, now Küre! Allegations that the National Park will be operated as a mining site...

According to data from the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the EIA process has been initiated for 537 projects in the last 20 days. 

Of these, 190 were new mining sites. Approval was also granted for 89 separate projects. While debates continue regarding projects that threaten pasture and agricultural lands, certain areas in 11 provinces were removed from forest boundaries by presidential decree. It was announced that 212 new mining sites would be put out to tender. It has been alleged that the Küre Mountains National Park, on the borders of Kastamonu and Bartın, will also be opened to mining.

With a decision published in the Official Gazette under the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 212 mining sites will be put out to tender. 

According to the allegations, among these mining sites, numerous lands located within the Küre Mountains National Park on the borders of Kastamonu and Bartın are also being put out to tender to be operated as mining sites. With the tender to be held between January 27-28, 11 lands within the borders of the Küre Mountains will be designated as mining sites.

News Source: 12punto