Ankara, May 15, 2026 (AFP) - Mines 'draining Turkey's water sources', environmentalists warn

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2026-05-15

Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up. "Before, you only had to drill 60 metres to find water," said Ugur Sumer, environmental activist and resident of Guney, which is about 170 kilometres (100 miles) east of the resort city of Izmir. "Today, even drilling 400 metres yields nothing. The mine has used all our water." With Turkey h......

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