Amasra Thermal Power Plant

Amasra Doesn't Want The Thermal Power Plant!

Would it be nice to drown in the ashes on the unique beaches of Amasra, in the natural wonders of the bays...

Of course not, Amasra is a tourism and fishing city.

Thermal Power Plant in Amasra NO!

Public Reaction (CNNTürk)

Public Participation Meeting was to be held for the Thermal Power Plant Planned to be Established in Amasra…

In the news of CNNTürk, citizens clearly show whether they want a thermal power plant.

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A Workshop is Held in Amasra

A Workshop is Held in Amasra with the Support of the Bartın Platform,

“Struggles came together in Amasra. Bartın, Amasya, Zonguldak hand in hand.” (Bartin Platform)

EIA Process Suspended (30 September 2013)

The EIA process of the thermal power plant, which is planned to be built in Amasra, one of the symbolic places of tourism, has been stopped. The strong report prepared by the Bartın Platform was effective in this decision.

Among the 46 thermal power plant projects planned in Turkey, those intended to be established in natural, historical and touristic areas have difficulty in obtaining an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. Recently, the EIA report of the thermal power plant project to be built in Sinop Gerze was returned to the investor company. The hope of the Black Sea in tourism Amasra's hope of getting rid of the threat of a huge capacity thermal power plant has strengthened. At the EIA Review and Evaluation Board meeting held in Ankara on September 18, 2013, the EIA process of the power plant to be built by HEMA Holding was stopped. The strong evidence-based defense of the Bartın Platform, which has been fighting against the thermal power plant for years, was effective in this decision. Action was also determinedly following the projects related to the establishment of a power plant in the region that Fatih Sultan Mehmet referred to as “Çeşm-i Cihan (The Eye of Alemin)”.

At the meeting held at the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in Ankara on September 18, Bartın Deputy M. Rıza Yalçınkaya, Bartın Mayor Cemal Akın, Amasra Mayor Emin Timur and Bartın University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Atmış took the floor and explained why the local people were against the power plant. In the 361-page HEMA Integrated Thermal Power Plant EIA Report, Bartın Platform found 83 separate objectionable issues. He highlighted the most important 8 of them and brought them to the attention of the members of the board who attended the meeting. The most important claim that made environmentalists convincing here was that the frequent air inversions (dirty air discharge) in Amasra would have deadly results. Environmentalists stated at the EIA Scope and Format Determination Meeting on February 21, 2010 that a strong or moderate inversion experienced 140 days a year in Amasra would lead to deadly dangers. HEMA had a 30-page technical report prepared by a professor from Istanbul Technical University to refute this claim. However, in the conclusion part of this report, “When we look at the inversion characteristics in the power plant region, there are no dangerous atmospheric conditions in summer months. There is an increase in inversion intensities during the winter months. It seems that the atmosphere is more stable in the spring months.” statement was included. prof. Dr. Erdoğan Atmış asked his colleague, who prepared the report in question, "Why is it not clearly stated whether the inversion, which is clearly not dangerous in the summer months, is dangerous in the other 9 months?" When he asked, the stones moved. Atmış said, “Are scientific titles used for such word games? We insist that the inversion experienced in the region will be dangerous and deadly when combined with the wastes coming out of the chimney.” he put on his weight.

In addition, Atmış showed on the map the power plant project locations that the company applied for over the years. He explained that the names and locations of the power plants were misunderstood in the articles written by the Ministry. This caused astonishment in the hall.

In the environmentalists' report, it was noted that the local Environmental Plan was shown as canceled in the EIA prepared by the company. However, it was emphasized that this plan was in effect. Environmentalists also stated that the 380 hectares area where the power plant will be built is completely natural forest. It was stated that such facilities, which would completely destroy the environment and forests, could not be allowed in accordance with the legislation.

(Aksiyon.com.tr news)