The Ecology Collective in Turkey has reacted to the controversial draft “Domestic Security” Package law currently under debate in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The Collective is united in opposition to the proposed legislation as a blow to local campaigns and an act that “criminalizes” the struggles of people to protect their living environment.

The Ecology Collective warns that the extraordinary police powers authorized in the bill are designed not for security purposes, but to prevent citizens from organized opposition to the central government’s policy of urban development against the people’s will.

Download the Ecology Collective statement (English).

Photo this page: Police attack on Validebag resistance. Source: Diken.