News Center- Women of İkizdere have been protesting a stone quarry project being carried out by pro-government Cengiz Construction Company in the İşkencedere Valley of Rize’s İkizdere district, the Black Sea Region. Today, the women headed to the construction area but they were stopped by gendarmeries.

Despite bans, women of İkizdere have kept resisting the stone quarry project being carried out by the company in the İşkencedere Valley. In the morning, the women headed to the construction area but they were again stopped by the gendarmeries.

Yesterday, a public information meeting was held by Yalçın Eyigün, head of Directorate of Infrastructure Development affiliated to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. On the social media platforms, the women commented on the public information meeting.

“Bringing stones from other places is more costly,” Yalçın Eyigün said at the meeting. One of the women posted a tweet and said, “I have a flat, I will sell it and give its money to them.”