Renovation Or Destruction?

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Dalo 2013 on September 11, 2014 at 6:51 pm
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Great shot ~ great title!

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:18 pm
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  Thank you, Dalo.
  
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natuurfreak on September 11, 2014 at 6:54 pm
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Yes that’s the question

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:19 pm
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  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…
  
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Birgit Fohlert on September 11, 2014 at 7:00 pm
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I would prefer renovation

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:20 pm
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  Me too!
  
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ckponderings on September 11, 2014 at 7:25 pm
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You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs! 🙂

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:22 pm
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  Certainly. But there are many eggs, but, sadly, only one Hasankeyf.
  
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    ckponderings on September 13, 2014 at 7:28 pm
    
    Haha! 🙂
    
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    rabirius on September 14, 2014 at 2:40 pm
    
    🙂
    
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Gallivanta on September 12, 2014 at 1:32 am
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A good question and very applicable to my city.

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:24 pm
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  Which is your city?
  
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    Gallivanta on September 13, 2014 at 2:59 am
    
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    
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Rajiv on September 12, 2014 at 3:15 am
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Hard to say!

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  rabirius on September 12, 2014 at 7:25 pm
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  Sadly, we have to expect the worst for beautiful Hasankeyf…
  
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Çağlanur Kıroğlu on September 13, 2014 at 7:34 am
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Dear Rabirius, many thanks för your sensitive soul

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  rabirius on September 13, 2014 at 12:47 pm
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  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.
  
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vastlycurious.com on September 15, 2014 at 10:13 am
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To me the retaining walls indicate reconstruction. I certainly hope so!

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  rabirius on September 15, 2014 at 8:04 pm
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  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!
  
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    vastlycurious.com on September 15, 2014 at 11:47 pm
    
    I really really hope so too! It looks magical !
    
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    rabirius on September 17, 2014 at 7:49 pm
    
    It IS magical…
    
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Patti Kuche on September 18, 2014 at 3:17 am
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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 . . .

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  rabirius on September 18, 2014 at 7:32 pm
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  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!
  
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Maître Renard on March 13, 2016 at 11:16 am
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Reblogged this on Maître Renard.

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  rabirius on March 13, 2016 at 2:21 pm
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  Thanks for reblogging.
  
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