The government sent the police and the gendarmerie army teams to stop the group’s rally and prevent their march. The Turkish soldiers did not allow the group even to read their statements.
Organizations opposing the new nuclear plant staged a rally remembering the Fukushima disaster in Japan
A group opposing the nuclear plant under construction in Akkuyu in Mersin, Turkey, held a rally on March 10. The group carried a banner: “March 11 Fukushima follows March 10.”
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan caused tens of deaths and the evacuation of more than 150,000 people. The radiation due to the meltdown and its effects had reached even Europe. Japan, a country that is proud of its technology level, was left helpless in the face of the spreading radioactive water.
The group also carried banners that read, “We can’t Breathe,” “Don’t Be Silent, No to Nuclear Power,” and “Akkuyu is unaffordable.”
The government sent the police and the gendarmerie army teams to stop the group’s rally and prevent their march. The Turkish soldiers did not allow the group even to read their statements.
The rally participants protested the soldiers’ prevention of their march. They said, “For 45 years, we have been trying to protect this land, our country, yet we are not even allowed to make a statement against this dangerous and harmful enterprise.”
The group dispersed after flying balloons in the memory of those who lost their lives at Fukushima.
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