Tree-Mugger Saws, Tree-Huggers Save

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 18 August 2017)


        Tree-huggers to the rescue!

In Silivri, Istanbul, someone carved out the inside of a 400 year-
old plane tree with a power saw (!).  The tree is 45 meters in
height and 4.7 meters in width.  Initial results of 'tissue treatment'
to save the tree have been positive.


       Suspected tree-mugger still on the loose...

The rescuers first cleansed the inside of the tree with fungus
medicine to make it sterile.  Next, a paste was applied to prevent
contact with the air and after that a thin chrome wire was
installed over which artificial tissue was spread.  Zerrin Budak
(in Turkish 'budak' means 'tree branch' (!)), the director of Silivri's
municipal parks and gardens stated that the tree is now out of
danger and should live many centuries more.


                Silivri district of Istanbul