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782:"CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu visits protests in Akbelen Forest"
518:"Akbelen nerede? Akbelen ormanı hangi ile ve ilçeye bağlı?"
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487:"Akbelen Ormanı İçin Geç Değil!"
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757:"Doğa Derneği | Nature is us!"
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