More olive groves leveled in Turkey to make way for power plants

Cutting down olive trees is becoming a more common occurrence in Turkey. This week a local news agency reported that “50 olive trees were rooted out” in the Yılmazköy countryside, in Aydın. A private company bought the land to build a geothermal power plant that will replace the famous centuries-old olive trees that produce the (locally) famous “olive oil of Efeler,” named for the district.