Akbelen Forest protests, July 2023.
Akbelen #01, Charcoal watercolor on cyanotype print, 80x100 cm, 2024.
Coal mine on the edge of Akbelen Forest, 2025.
Akbelen Forest’s remains within the new territory of the coal mine, 2024.
Watercolor of the transcription of our interview with Aytaç, a longtime resident of İkizköy, where she lived for 35 years before the land was sold to the coal mine under false pretenses.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.
Muzaffer and his wife, in their garden next to Akbelen Forest, 2024.
Muzaffer’s garden, 2024.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.
Watercolor of the transcription of our interview with Ahmet, a former energy sector worker turned eco-activist. He first came to Akbelen to show solidarity with the locals and later moved into the village, remaining active in the solidarity movement.
Mehmet, standing in his garden, with the mine that swallowed Akbelen Forest in the background, 2025.
Tree, near Mehmet’s land, with the coal mine in the background, 2025.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.
Tuncer, reading his manifesto in their garden next to the mine, formerly Akbelen Forest, 2024.
Tuncer, waiting for me to drive away safely, 2024.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.
Akbelen Forest’s last trees, right outside coal mine’s barbed wire, 2024.
An untouched area of Akbelen Forest beside the mining site, 2024.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.
Akbelen Forest’s last trees, right outside the mine’s barbed wire, 2024.
İlkay’s cow, chilling under the tree, 2024.
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on a cyanotype print of olive trees in Muğla, 2025.