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(Milliyet Newspaper, 18 February 2021)
A day without oranges is like a day without, well, oranges.
A new highway is planned to pass through the citrus fruits growing
region of Finike in Antalya province. The road will cut through
thousands of acres of orange groves and require about 25,000 orange
trees to be cut down. Anti-road project protestors say that the road
will spoil the region's special orange-growing climate.
The new highway would cut through the Finike Plain in the districts
of Finike, Demre and Kaş. The 7-kilometer stretch from Finike to
Demre would result in the cut-down of about 25,000 orange trees.
The existing road along the shore is not considered sufficient to
handle tourism demands, hence the idea for the new by-pass through
the orange groves.
However (!), understandably orange-growers, local environmentalists
and agricultural groups are against the new road. Selahattin Onur,
who has 300 acres of orange groves, asserted that "Finike's most
important aspect is its oranges. This road will mean the destruction
of thousands of orange trees and it wıll by-pass the Finike city center,
harming the commercial, cultural and social sectors there. 99% of
the people are against this road!"
Celal Bülbül, the deputy chief of the Finike Fruit-growers Agricultural
Union, stated that "about 10,000 acres of the region are dedicated to
orange growing. We're not against developing tourism, of course, but
we already have a shore road that was widened 2-3 years ago. Finike
oranges are specially grown thanks to the wonderful macro-climate
here. The planned road would do great harm."
Like lambs awaiting slaughter.
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