The thermal power plant in Aliaga Nemrut Heavy Industrial Zone was ruled out by court decision 22 years ago. In the intervening period, the area has been contaminated by negligently increasing investments such as oil refineries, petrochemical and waste incineration facilities, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling facilities and storage tanks, hazardous shipbreaking yards, ports, imported coalyards, junkyards, fertilizer factories, rolling mill plants, 6 arc furnaced iron steel facilities, hazardous factory waste grounds, iron steel sub-industry and casting facilities, logistics facilities, 3 natural gas and oil fired thermic power plants. When one takes into consideration the Bakircay region, the northern axis of Izmir has been completely discarded with the pollutions of Bergama gold mine, Maltepe organized leather industrial zone, paper mill and Aliaga Organized Industrial Zone (ALOSBI). On top of these, 7 planned thermal power plants (4 are natural gas fired) cause further conflict. Among the plants, the EIA of two coal fired ones got approved while another started being constructed upon obtaining building license. Court cases against both of the thermal power plants continues; objections to the expert opinions have been refused and on 26th June 2012 the case has been reviewed by the 2nd Administrative Court of Izmir and was refused. |