Sentences with phrase «massive old oak tree»

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New roads are built all the time in Turkey without much fuss, but the prospect of losing a massive oak tree that had stood in their town for 800 years brought residents of one Aegean village out into the streets recently to halt the completion of the Denizli - Salihli Highway.Villagers and environmentalists in Kadıköy village, part of Buldan district in Denizli province, began standing guard around the 800 - year - old oak tree to keep it from being chopped down as part of the road - construction process, the Doğan news agency reported this week.