As far as I know, the situation in Hasankeyf is really serious. This beautiful place located in South Eastern Turkey on the Tigris River is one of the oldest human settlements and will be submerged in a reservoir due to the Ilisu Dam Project. You can read more about this beautiful place in a report of one of my visits or an interview with one one of the activists involved in the campaign to stop the dam project that I did.
What you can do is sign a petition online to help stop the Ilisu Dam and save Hasankeyf. And I hope you all will.
Thanks a lot!
rabirius 
41 responses to “Don’t Let Hasankeyf Become A Memory”
A very worthy cause, rabirius. Thank you!
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Thank you as well.
Yes, Hasankeyf really is a treasure that needs to be preserved.
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My pleasure, rabirius… it absolutely does, my friend.
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Again, thanks a lot.
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You’re quite welcome.
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Damned dam. Great article and interview. Petition signed.
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Damned dam is good. 🙂
Thank you so much for signing the petition as well.
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Done, what a horrible idea.
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Thank you so much for your help!
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We started with the trees. Where will this end? It’s painful to see the town going under.
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Yes, it really is painful to see…
Thank you, Deepak.
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How sad! I hope it can be stopped.
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Thank you.
Yes, let’s hope it will be stopped.
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Thank you very much for sharing. I signed the Petition too.
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Thank you so much for signing as well.
I really hope that Hasankeyf will be saved.
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Man man, wat een gekkenwerk weer om zoveel moois ten gronde te richten.
Natuurlijk heb ik de petitie getekend.
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Ja, het is echt triest.
Bedankt voor het ondertekenen.
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I’m signing the petition, Rabirius. Progress is needed yes, but common sense where is that? NO on the dam!
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Thank you so much, Amy.
Hasankeyf is a very special place that shouldn’t be buried under tons of water.
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I agree!!
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Thanks again.
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This is terrible news! I hope the petition helps. Thanks for bringing our attention to this.
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Thank you, Virginia.
Yes, I also hope that it will help.
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bijna niet te geloven Rabirius
en die petitie heb uiteraard gesteund
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Bedankt voor je hulp, Willy.
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Dat wordt een tragedie
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Ja, dat is het echt.
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As usual, the manpower destroying Nature!
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Yes, sad, but true.
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Signed…
I have a lot of names for what is going to happen there… none of them a compliment…
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Thank you so much for signing.
Yes, what is happening there is beyond words.
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Sad!
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Yes, it really is.
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I went along and signed the petition my friend.. So very sad this ancient site is going to be flooded.. Thank you for bringing awareness with your art.. ❤
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Thank you so much for signing, Sue. Hasankeyf really means a lot to me – and I think it is a treasure that should be preserved for the world as well as future generations.
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My pleasure I lived not far from a beautiful village that was flooded for a reservoir if you look up ladybower dam you should find it. 😁
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Yes, these dams…
…not too far away there also is a place where you can still see the church tower when the water runs low.
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Yes that is the one 🙂
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🙂
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Signed. How sad!
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Thanks a lot, Johanna.
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