Fear brews in Turkey's landslide-plagued tea hills

Fear brews in Turkey's landslide-plagued tea hills

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Abdullahhoca, Turkey (AFP) May 22, 2024

Every time it rains heavily in Turkey's spectacular Black Sea tea growing region - where it rains a lot - Zikrullah Komurcu starts to worry. Last August he was almost swept away by a mudslide when a tea garden above his home in the village of Abdullahhoca began to slide down the mountain during a downpour. The house above his was destroyed with part of the field ending up in his kitche

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