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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

Meryem Olğar stands in front of a scorched olive grove in the Dikmece neighborhood of Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. Olğar has been the pioneer of the local resistance against state-led expropriation and housing projects since the 2023 earthquake. Recent forest fires burned olive trees belonging to her family, raising renewed fears of land seizure. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fires and Land Disputes in Dikmece - Turkey

A view of the Dikmece neighborhood in Antakya, Turkey, on July 17, 2025. The region has faced ongoing forest fires and land disputes following the February 2023 earthquake, with locals resisting state-led expropriation and construction projects threatening agricultural land and olive groves. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

The former rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Juan Ramon de la Fuente, The presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum, Veracruz government candidate, Rocio Nahle Garcia and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

The presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum, Veracruz government candidate, Rocio Nahle Garcia and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

The presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

The presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum and Cuauhtemoc Cardenas during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum accompanied by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas and the candidate for the government of Veracruz, Rocio Nahle Garcia speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Cuauhtemoc Cardenas is seen during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum accompanied by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas and the candidate for the government of Veracruz, Rocio Nahle Garcia speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Presidential Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum On The Campaign Trail - Mexico

Presidential candidate for the Let's Keep Making History coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 86th anniversary of the Oil Expropriation commemoration at the Monumento de la Revolucion on March 18, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opponents To A69 Set Up A ZAD - La Cremade

On the facade of a house empty due to expropriation of the inhabitants is inscribed Welcom, farmers, resistants, refugeese installation of a ZAD (area to defend) at a place called - La Cremade, in the buildings of a property that was expropriated for the needs of the freeway project between Castres and Toulouse. Demonstration against the A69 motorway. The mobilization called - Ramdam sur le macadam - brought together - more than 9,500 people -, according to the organizers. France, Saix on October 21, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Opponents To A69 Set Up A ZAD - La Cremade

On the facade of a house empty due to expropriation of the inhabitants is inscribed Welcom, farmers, resistants, refugeese installation of a ZAD (area to defend) at a place called - La Cremade, in the buildings of a property that was expropriated for the needs of the freeway project between Castres and Toulouse. Demonstration against the A69 motorway. The mobilization called - Ramdam sur le macadam - brought together - more than 9,500 people -, according to the organizers. France, Saix on October 21, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Opponents To A69 Set Up A ZAD - La Cremade

On the facade of a house empty due to expropriation of the inhabitants is inscribed Welcom, farmers, resistants, refugeese, with Julien Le Guet, the leader of the fight against the mega-basins in Sainte-Soline, in the window. installation of a ZAD (area to defend) at a place called - La Cremade, in the buildings of a property that was expropriated for the needs of the freeway project between Castres and Toulouse. Demonstration against the A69 motorway. The mobilization called - Ramdam sur le macadam - brought together - more than 9,500 people -, according to the organizers. France, Saix on October 21, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Opponents To A69 Set Up A ZAD - La Cremade

On the facade of a house empty due to expropriation of the inhabitants is inscribed Welcom, farmers, resistants, refugeese installation of a ZAD (area to defend) at a place called - La Cremade, in the buildings of a property that was expropriated for the needs of the freeway project between Castres and Toulouse. Demonstration against the A69 motorway. The mobilization called - Ramdam sur le macadam - brought together - more than 9,500 people -, according to the organizers. France, Saix on October 21, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Okinawa landowner to win back plot inside 'Elephant Cage' on Mon.

NAHA, Japan - Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist who owns a plot of land in the U.S. Navy's communication facility in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, poses on a road leading to the facility commonly known as the ''Elephant Cage'' on July 24. Cbana will win back his land on July 31 when the Japanese government's expropriation expires.

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(1)Tokyo barred from expropriating land for highway

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Tokyo District Court April 22 for a ruling in a land expropriation suit. The court barred the Tokyo metropolitan government from expropriating land in Akiruno, western Tokyo, for a state project to build a 300-kilometer highway ringing Tokyo and four neighboring prefectures.

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Ministry to request fishing rights be revoked for dam

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryuichiro Kozuru shows ayu fish he caught in the Kawabe River in Kumamoto Prefecture. The central government decided Dec. 11 to employ a last-ditch tactic to pave the way for the construction of a dam in the upper reaches of the river by filing for the expropriation of fishing rights in the region, a move likely to trigger opposition from environmentalists and local fishermen.

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21-year court battle over Narita land to be settled

TOKYO - Yone Koizumi (photo taken in May 1973), who waged a vigorous campaign against the 1971 expropriation of her home and rice paddies for the Narita airport project until her death in December 1973. Her family on Feb. 3 said they have agreed to settle a 21-year-old court battle with the government over the exploitation.

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Ministry to request fishing rights be revoked for dam

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryuichiro Kozuru shows ayu fish he caught in the Kawabe River in Kumamoto Prefecture. The central government decided Dec. 11 to employ a last-ditch tactic to pave the way for the construction of a dam in the upper reaches of the river by filing for the expropriation of fishing rights in the region, a move likely to trigger opposition from environmentalists and local fishermen.

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Chinese citizens gather to protest forcible property expropriation

Protesters gather near a district court in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, southeastern China, to support people in a lawsuit over the Beijing government's forcible expropriation of residential land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa landowner to win back plot inside 'Elephant Cage' on Mon

NAHA, Japan - Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist who owns a plot of land in the U.S. Navy's communication facility in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, poses on a road leading to the facility commonly known as the ''Elephant Cage'' on July 24. Cbana will win back his land on July 31 when the Japanese government's expropriation expires. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tokyo barred from expropriating land for highway

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Tokyo District Court April 22 for a ruling in a land expropriation suit. The court barred the Tokyo metropolitan government from expropriating land in Akiruno, western Tokyo, for a state project to build a 300-kilometer highway ringing Tokyo and four neighboring prefectures. (Kyodo)

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21-year court battle over Narita land to be settled

TOKYO - Yone Koizumi (photo taken in May 1973), who waged a vigorous campaign against the 1971 expropriation of her home and rice paddies for the Narita airport project until her death in December 1973. Her family on Feb. 3 said they have agreed to settle a 21-year-old court battle with the government over the exploitation.