Comments on: New Bank Loans Revive Controversial Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey

By: Raji Saad

Raji Saad — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:06:29 +0000

We are only thinking about Hasankeyf (which is a true concern) and not thinking of the country downstream – Iraq. This dam is not built in coordination with Iraq, as per International law, and will deprive Iraq from its water resources when it needs it. Ilisu-Ceaser Dam will use the water mostly for hydropower in addition to some water for irrigation. As a result Iraq may get the ‘hydropower’ water in the wrong season, when it does not need it. Addi tonally, when the lake is being filled, Iraq will suffer greatly. Since Iraq is week and divided (thanks to the U.S. invasion), Iraq has no hope of making its voice heard. International community have an obligation to stop this dam until an agreement is reached between Turkey, people of Hasankayf, and Iraq.

By: mazen abdul jawad

mazen abdul jawad — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:32:58 +0000

Thank Gott Hasankeyf is going to be preserved under water, so that in 1,000 years when the dam is no longer there, it can be studied in its fullest content, not ripped apart by inhabitants who care nothing of history.

By: Jane Austell

Jane Austell — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:37:05 +0000

How they can live with themselves when Hasankeyf is of key historical importance, not just for the rest of the world but Turkey in particular, is beyond me and they need to thing again on this one and fast. I’m of Turkish descent and I am appalled.