Last pictures from Hasankeyf
Here is a picture from Hasankeyf shooten on the 25th of April 2015. It shows the city from the hill above, in the background is “New-Hasankeyf” where the public buildings have been built already.
PR: Ilisu Protest action in Dargecit hindered
A protest action against the Ilisu Dam in the town of Dargecit (Kerboran) is confronted with repression. The youth of DBP (Democratic Regions Party) has started this protest on the 13th of April 2015 in order to raise attention against the ongoing construction of the Ilisu Dam.
Ilisu Dam protest close to the dam site!
Today more than 500 people have protested the destructive Ilisu Dam project in the town of Dargecit. The demonstrators aimed at protesting at the dam site, but were prevented by the police.
Tunis WSF 2015: Declaration of the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles
Rights to Water and Land, a Common Struggle
Dakar to Tunis: Declaration of the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles (Tunis, 28 March 2015) Read the rest of this entry »
Everybody is called to come to Ilisu on March 29
We will organize a protest action at the Ilisu Dam Site on the 29th of March. Everybody is invited to join us in order to protest the destructive Ilisu Dam Project.
A group of DBP youth marched to Hasankeyf
A group of DBP youth marched from Batman to Hasankeyf in order to protest the Ilisu Dam and for the rescuing of Hasankeyf.
The march started in front of the municipality of Batman. The protestors argued that their aim is to defend the water, land, energy and culture of the region against profit and repression.
March to Ilisu on 28th March
We call everybody to join our march to the Ilisu dam construction site on the 28th of March. This call is to everybody who wants to protest the Ilisu dam which would have grave social, ecological and cultural impacts on dozen of thousands of people in the flood area and millions of people in Iraq.
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and Mesopotamian Ecology Movement
Ilisu Dam construction site militarized
Press Release, 16.02.2015
With the continuation of the construction of the Ilisu Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Tigris River in December 2014, the dam construction site has been militarized intensely. This alarming development leads to grave political tensions and human rights violation, in spite of the expected dramatic social, cultural and ecological impacts in the affected region.
Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt!
Press Release, 05.12.2014
The Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSI) has announced few days ago that after a four month break that the construction of the highly criticized Ilisu Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant Project will continue immediately. If the construction starts again, the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River may be finished next year which would lead to a huge social, cultural and ecological destruction and also a higher political instability.
Hasankeyf fulfills 9 of 10 criteria of UNESCO
The following report compares Hasankeyf and the surrounding Tigris with the UNESCO criteria. According to this scientific report Hasankeyf and the surrounding Tigris have an outstanding universal value and fulfill 9 of 10 criteria of UNESCO. See report:
Iraqi Mashes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!
For Immediate Release
Thursday, 30th January 2014, Baghdad, Iraq
The international coalition of the “Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign” welcomes the achievement accomplished by the national Iraqi team for the nomination of the Iraqi marshes to the World Heritage Committee, according to the 1972 World Heritage Convention.
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