CHP Gürsel Erol: “Elazığ Maden District Unattended, took the holding mine;

CHP Elazığ Deputy Gürsel Erol, in his speech at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 1 July 2025, the copper mine operating in the district of Elazığ by the private sector operating by the private sector in the district brought the economic, environmental and social collapse.

"The mine once kept the district alive"
Erol, Elazığ Mine Copper field, which has been operated since the 1800s, said that it provides employment to 4,000-6,000 people during the periods when it was operated by the state and added economic vitality and social wealth to the district.

"After privatization, the collapse has begun"
After the privatization of the mine in the 1990s, the district began to decline Erol said, today the private enterprise was completely withdrawn from the region, workers' salaries were not paid and the tradesmen could not collect the receivables of the trades stressed.

"Environmental destruction, economic crisis, lack of control"
In his speech, Erol also pointed out the understanding of wild mining, said that the enterprise has destroyed the environment and that water resources and geography were damaged in the district.

"No payments to the state and the municipality"
Erol said that the mining business has not deposited the income to the public and the municipality for years and that it is due to lack of control.

"The Ministry and the Assembly must come into play for the solution"
Erol, who called on the Environmental Commission and the relevant ministries, demanded a examination in the mine district and demanded that the grievances be identified and the solution process be started.

Kaynak: CUMHA - CUMHUR HABER AJANSI