WAS SÜRMENE BURNT DOWN FOR THE EMIR OF QATAR?

Suspicion reigns over the burning down of a twenty-hectare forested area in Trabzon’s Sürmene.

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With discussion raging over the improbability of a fire erupting in the Black Sea region in winter, the CHP’s Pekşen said, ‘The fire broke out just as land was being sought to create an Arab city in Trabzon, in the most beautiful part of the world.’