26 août 2020
Le nouveau visage de Hasankeyf. The New Face of Hasankeyf.
© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence
A general view of abandoned houses of the ancient city of Hasankeyf which will soon be under water as part of a controversial dam project. Turkish authorities have started filling a controversial dam whose artificial lake will submerge a 12,000-year-old town and which is the source of tension with Iraq. The small town of Hasankeyf in the southeastern Batman province, home to 3,000 residents, will disappear as the lake is filled for the Ilisu project. The dam is a central part of Turkey's long-running Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), which aims to develop one of the country's poorest regions through energy and irrigation. Hasankeyf, Turkey 23/02/2020.
Lieu : HASANKEYF, TURKEY
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