Retired Forest Management Chief Plants 30 Million Saplings and Creates Forest on Infertile Land
78-year-old retired forest management chief Hikmet Kaya has proved that good intentions and hard work can yield big rewards. And he has posed proudly in front of the barren land that he and his team have transformed into a lush forest. He began his career in the town of Sinop in 1978 and while he retired 19 years later, his legacy has continued to grow—literally.
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Working together with his team and villagers, he brought in and planted 30,000,000 saplings over the course of his tenure. Long after his retirement, these trees have continued to grow; and today, this barren stepped land has undergone an incredible transformation. During the 19 years of afforestation efforts, Kaya never stopped working.