Renovation Or Destruction?

Renovation Or Destruction

25 responses to “Renovation Or Destruction?”

  1. Dalo 2013 Avatar

    Great shot ~ great title!

    1. rabirius Avatar
  2. natuurfreak Avatar

    Yes that’s the question

    1. rabirius Avatar

      According to what I heard, beautiful Hasankeyf should be flooded soon…
      …and they want to evacuate some of the historic buildings to an archeological park soon.
      So I guess we have to expect the worst…

  3. Birgit Fohlert Avatar

    I would prefer renovation

  4. ckponderings Avatar

    You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs! 🙂

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Certainly. But there are many eggs, but, sadly, only one Hasankeyf.

  5. Gallivanta Avatar

    A good question and very applicable to my city.

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Which is your city?

      1. Gallivanta Avatar

        Christchurch, New Zealand

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Sadly, we have to expect the worst for beautiful Hasankeyf…

  6. Çağlanur Kıroğlu Avatar
    Çağlanur Kıroğlu

    Dear Rabirius, many thanks för your sensitive soul

    1. rabirius Avatar

      You’re welcome.
      Hasankeyf really means a lot to me – and therefore post a picture of that place from time to time.
      Thank you for your compliment!

      Greetings,
      rabirius.

  7. vastlycurious.com Avatar

    To me the retaining walls indicate reconstruction. I certainly hope so!

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Me too!
      As you look at my page frequently you will have probably noticed that Hasankeyf pops up here and there all the time – so the place really means a lot to me. For me it is somewhat magical and I’m always so happy when I’m there…
      …but I think the dam will most certainly come – and then it will be the end of beautiful Hansakeyf’s thousands of years long history…
      …but I’m still hoping!

      1. vastlycurious.com Avatar

        I really really hope so too! It looks magical !

        1. rabirius Avatar
  8. Patti Kuche Avatar

    If you haven’t read it already you might find this article interesting, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/opinion/sunday/large-dams-just-arent-worth-the-cost.html?_r=0

    I do hope they are renovating the site . . .

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Thank you for the link. It is indeed interesting.
      When you dig a bit deeper, you will quickly notice that building dams has a lot more disadvantages than advantages. After my article about Hasankeyf I got so much information about dams all over the world. I also posted an interesting video under the gallery, someone made me aware of. It compares Hasankeyf with a dam in Brazil.
      Yes, lets hope they will only renovate!

    1. rabirius Avatar

      Thanks for reblogging.

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