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The Ilisu Dam Project is one of the most contested infrastructure projects in the world. Export credit agencies (ECAs), companies and banks from five European countries (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy) provided equipment and funding for the dam, but ECAs and banks withdrew in July 2009. Read more

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Türkiye’deki barajlar hedef tahtasında: Çevrecilerden yeni su politikası talebi

(Berlin, 14.01.2010) Çevreciler Almanya’nın dört kentinde bugün yaptıkları uyarı eylemleriyle
Türk hükümetinden Dicle ve Munzur nehirler üzerindeki barajları durdurma talebinde
bulunuyorlar. Bu eylemle çevreciler, Türk hükümetinin Dicle üzerindeki Ilısu barajını, Alman,Read more

Ilisu construction restarted without permission

(13/11/2009) Construction work has restarted on the controversial Ilisu Dam in Turkey, despite the project lacking the appropriate permits.Read more

European Governments Officially Announce Withdrawal

Berlin, 7.7.2009 – The governments of Germany, Austria and Switzerland today officially announced their withdrawal from the Ilisu project on the Tigris river in Turkey. Turkey’s efforts to build the controversial dam have thus failed for the second time. Environmental and human rights organisations have welcomed the decision as a breakthrough in their campaign to stop the project and to push for higher standards for export guarantees.
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European governments backing out of Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey


Stop Ilisu Campaign welcomes unprecedented step

(Berlin, Vienna, Zurich – June 22, 2009) Germany, Austria and Switzerland will withdraw their export credit guarantees for the highly controversial Ilisu dam project in Turkey by July 6th, as the German daily Frankfurter Rundschau Online reported on Friday. This is an unprecedented step in the history of export finance. Environmental and human rights organisations had repeatedly pointed out that Turkey violated conditions tied to the guarantees and the environmental, social, cultural and geopolitical problems remained unsolved. Read more

Ilisu before the end of the ultimatum

12 June 2009 - By July 6, 2009, the German government needs to decide whether to withdraw from the highly controversial Ilisu dam project in SoutheastRead more

Ilisu Dam-Affected People Expropriated amidst Ultimatum

Turkish Government snubs Europeans shortly before the Deadline

 

 (Berlin, Vienna, Zurich – 9.6.2009) The Stop Ilisu Campaign learned today that the Government of Turkey continues to expropriate people near the Ilisu Dam Site on the Tigris River.Read more

Ilisu Dam Project facing severe backlash

 

NGOs welcome decision by Germany, Austria and Switzerland to suspend contracts
Vienna, Berlin, Berne, Dec. 23, 2008  The European Ilisu Campaign welcomed the historic  announcement by the German, Austrian and Swiss Governments to pull out of the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey after 180 days and claimed a landmark campaign victory. This unprecedented withdrawal reflects the serious social, cultural and environmental damage posed by the proposed dam. It is the first time that an agreed export credit guarantee has been suspended by any European Government. However, the European Ilisu Campaign remains concerned that the final withdrawal can only take place after a 180 day period.Read more