ODTU Shows no lesson learned!
The debate over a controversial road construction on the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ campus shows that “some people have not learned their lessons,” according to the outgoing EU ambassador to Turkey.
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He said the protection and parceling plan for ODTÜ had entered into force, adding that around 2,388 trees had been removed from the ODTÜ campus so far. Gökçek claimed that the municipality had paid the university the total cost of the trees, 211,000 Turkish Liras, and said they had relocated around 600 of the trees.
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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/odtu-shows-no-lesson-learned-eu-envoy.aspx?pageID=238&nID=56600&NewsCatID=338
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According to Mayor of Ankara trees are just wood!!!
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23direnODT%C3%9C&src=hash
PM Erdogan called university students who are protecting METU forest as "Modern bandits" #resistMETU #direnODTÜ
Students resisted to protect their green campus, Police attacked them with teargas in METU campus last night #direnODTÜ #METU
#Turkey Police beating and teargassing students trying to save the trees!
Live stream from METU Campus in Ankara. Students are being gassed by the turkish police. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kolektifbasinmerkezi … #Turkey
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