Besta region in the countryside of Şirnex (Şırnak) is one of the areas where deforestation continues uninterruptedly. Forests have been targeted in at least 37 areas for years. New footage of the slaughter carried out by rangers under the supervision of the military have emerged. It was reflected in the images that the cut trees were loaded onto lorries  and then transported to different points. The images in question revealed the magnitude of the ecological destruction. 

 

SIMILAR SITUATION IN BILIGA

 

The situation is no different in Biliga village, which is located on the slopes of Cudi Mountain in Silopi district. The village guards brought from Sêgirk town have been destroying forests in the region for 3 years. Oak and walnut trees are dense in the area. 

 

In the footage we have accessed, it is seen that most of the area is barren and hundreds of trees are stacked in one area. 

 

Citizens, who recorded the destruction by phone, pointed to the road in the images and said: "You see how many years old trees have been cut down. They built a new road there, trees were cut down. Our vineyards and gardens, walnut trees... They cut down all the trees here. They have committed a massacre of nature."

 

MA / Zeynep Durgut