Öcalan hailed Gezi protests NOT hasankeyf protests
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:17 am
It is time Kurds woke up and saw Ocalan for what he has become - or made to become
Now that the world's media are watching Turkey Kurds should be protesting to save Hasankeyf
Kurds should be supporting campaigns to save 10,000 year old HasanKeyf
The proposed Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River in Southeastern Turkey is one of the world’s most controversial hydropower projects. If built, it will displace up to 70,000 people, drown the 10,000 year-old city of Hasankeyf, and destroy valuable biodiversity. Iraq’s government has also expressed concerns that Turkey will use the Ilisu Dam to control the flow of the Tigris to the detriment of the downstream countries.
The affected population, the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, and Turkey’s biggest environmental organization Doga Dernegi are working to stop the Ilisu Dam. Their efforts are being supported by the Stop the Ilisu Campaign, the Berne Declaration in Switzerland, CounterCurrents in Germany, and ECA-Watch in Austria.
Because of the serious problems and strong opposition, European funders pulled out of the Ilisu Project in 2002 and again in 2009. In July 2009, European export credit agencies for the first time withdrew from a project which they had already approved over social and environmental concerns.
http://m-h-s.org/ilisu/front_content.ph ... &idcat=113
Press Release by Campaign to Save the Tigris River and the Iraqi Marshes
http://m-h-s.org/ilisu/front_content.php?idart=876