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The Ilisu Dam Project is one of the most contested infrastructure projects in the world. Presumbably designed to bring development to the Southeast of Turkey, it entails the impoverishment of thousands of affected people, massive environmental destruction, the loss of invaluable cultural heritage, and an exacerbation of regional conflict.Read more

Protest against Ilisu dam continues: Villagers from Hasankeyf block Tokapi Palace in Istanbul

Villagers' protest at Istanbul's Topkapi Palace draws attention to impending loss of World Heritage in their hometown

Planned Ilisu dam will inundate 12,000-year history including the ancient town of Hasankeyf

Press Release by Doga Dernegi - the Turkish Nature AssociationRead more

New Report on human rights violations by dams in Turkey

Potsdam, 15.3.2011 – A new report by organisations from Germany and Turkey reveals the huge extent to which Turkish dam policy violates human rights. Read more

Belo Monte Dam: President of Brazilian Environmental Protection Agency resigns

14.1.2011 - The conflict over the controversial Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river in Brasil has reached a new culmination point: The president of the Brasilian environmental protection agency IBAMA, Abelardo Bayma Azevedo, resigned in reaction to massive pressure to grant the full installation licence for the Belo Monte dam.Read more

Declaration of Temaca

Rivers for Life, not for death!Read more

Protest Camp in Hasankeyf

October, 15th 2010. From October 11th until next Sunday, October 17th a
protest camp has been set up on the banks of the Tigris river in the
antique town of Hasankeyf in South-Eastern Turkey. Approximately 150
people, mostly from the surrounding region, come to the camp every day. Read more

Hasankeyf Solidarity Camp: 11 to 17 October 2010

The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive calls for participation in the Hasankeyf Solidarity Camp from October 11 - 17, 2010.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