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  • 64 year old grandmother, Tayyib Demerol, a single handedly taking on the operators of a coal mine in a bid to save her land and village.

  • Behind the lush greenery of Demirel's olive groves in southwest Turkey lies a vast grey expanse.

  • The rolling hillside has been eaten by the nearby mine.

  • On the horizon, heavy smoke billows from the power plant.

  • It feeds the country's largest.

  • Demirel said the area beyond her fields had once been carpeted with wildflowers.

  • Now she calls it a help.

  • It, uh, will be language.

  • Uh, probably should because, uh, well, you called and you call me Molly.

  • Language in the property language in their language and check in there.

  • Big sugar.

  • Five villages have already disappeared as the mine expanded.

  • Hers could be next.

  • Turkish authorities are pushing to more than double coal power capacity as the country tries to wean itself off imports.

  • The data gone power plant said its operations respect the environment and are carried out under supervision of relevant ministries.

  • Campaigners say the equivalent of nearly 8000 soccer fields has been lost to mining in the last four decades.

  • Across the Mugla province, activists such as Denise gum cell say coal pollution has led to major health issues alongside environmental damage.

  • But Gum Cell says there's reason to hope, thanks to the resistance of the women like Demerol from nearby villages.

  • The woman Villagers, the female Villagers, uh, Kisco Mila's are carrying out an incredible fight against this, uh, injustice, uh, business called business.

  • And they were They were very successful to stop or slow down, uh, progression of the mines.

  • For instance, last month Demerol won a court case leading to a halt of the mines expansion towards her village.

  • She still fears her six acre property is under threat but won't give up without a fight.

  • A lot of the educator and Bob and it's and including Narda Porta Report remember to camp next year.

  • I don't know.

64 year old grandmother, Tayyib Demerol, a single handedly taking on the operators of a coal mine in a bid to save her land and village.

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