While a panel was held at Istanbul Technical University Ayazağa Campus within the scope of December 4th World Miners’ Day, one of the names participating in the panel was Professor Doctor Celal Şengör. Şengör’s statements at the panel will be discussed for a long time.
Environmentalists are called “ignorant”
Participating in the panel titled “Reintroducing old mining sites to nature”, Şengör said, “Let’s repeat, we are not destroying nature, we are changing the face of nature. You, this face, or him may not like it. First of all, we need to find out why he does not like it. We need to find out why the people around us, that is, the mine “We will determine once and for all what disturbs the smart people who say it should not be opened. Once we detect this, you will see that 99.9 percent of the time, those who are disturbed are simply ignorant.” he said.
Stating that mining is an extremely important thing and that it does not destroy nature, Şengör said, “I don’t care if the village next door loses its view. But you can’t say ‘What does it matter to me?’ The guy also has the right to live in a beautiful place. Brother, you want to live in a beautiful place, but there are also these alternatives.” It is there, it will be beneficial for you, your child, it will be beneficial for you. Don’t you want these alternatives? Sir, you will fire the man who says “Mining destroys nature”. Look, the journalists are sitting in the front, I say to them; this is an ignorant group of environmentalists, I say fire them. We do this. They say we can’t do it, we are journalists. Do you remember what İlber Ortaylı said? That I stopped chatting with the ignorant. He is absolutely right. There are many places where environmentalists are right, but how can an environmentalist be an environmentalist? You will look at him. I am an environmentalist, I am a lawyer, I am an environmentalist, I am a business owner, you will say go. .” he used his words.
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