Urgent expropriation decisions in energy were published in the Official Gazette yesterday. According to the announced presidential decisions, certain real estates required for the Blue Hydroelectric Power Plant (HES) Auxiliary Source Solar Power Plant (GES) electricity production facility to be established in Konya will be urgently expropriated by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority in order to be registered in the name of the Treasury in the land registry. It was decided that certain real estates required for the 4th Group lignite mine operation licensed field in Afyonkarahisar Şuhut district will be urgently expropriated by the General Directorate of Mining and Petroleum Affairs. Speaking to Cumhuriyet regarding the issue, CHP Deputy Chairman Responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Erhan Adem said, “Everywhere is being usurped without any value being given to the environment. Companies are being protected here, but places that belong to citizens are being expropriated. These are not matters for one person to decide on. It should be done by taking the opinions of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources into consideration. But unfortunately, decisions are being made hastily without the need for this. “The environment has no importance for the central government,” he said.