DEMONSTRATION TO SAVE HASANKEYF!
MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER, 12-2PM, OUTSIDE UNESCO’S UK OFFICE, 3 WHITEHALL,
LONDON.
Meet at 12 midday outside Westminster tube to walk to UNESCO together.
Continue reading “Global Hasankeyf Day Demo to Take Place in Whitehall”
We received this statement from a group of solidarity activists raising their voices about the massive displacement and ecological destruction taking place in the regions around Hasankeyf in southern Turkey, where a huge internationally funded dam building project has been ongoing for several years. The group protested against Andritz Hydro, a company based in Belper, Derbyshire, which is playing a leading role in the construction of the Ilisu dam, which, if constructed, would leave the 12,000 year old town of Hasankeyf under water.
Find out more about actions agains the Ilisu Dam here.
Today people came together to protest against Andritz Hydro, a company that plays a leading role in the construction of the Ilisu dam in North Kurdistan (the area of Kurdistan which lies within eastern Turkey).
We hung a banner from a bridge which forms part of the building where Andritz has its offices in Belper, Derbyshire in the UK. We hung a banner, which read: “Andritz Hydro = Ilisu Dam. 78,000 people displaced in Kurdistan.” Continue reading “Save Hasankeyf: Statement from the demonstration today at the Andritz offices, Derbyshire, UK”
We received the press release below from theInitiative to keep Hasankeyf Alive, which brings news that the Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSI), which is in charge of the construction of the highly criticised Ilisu Dam, has announced they will continue working on the site immediately:
Press Release
05.12.2014
Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt!
Stop Ilisu – stop destruction and instability!
The Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSI) has announced few days ago that after a four month break that the construction of the highly criticized Ilisu Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant Project will continue immediately. If the construction starts again, the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River may be finished next year which would lead to a huge social, cultural and ecological destruction and also a higher political instability. Continue reading “Ilisu Dam’s construction may be continued after a 4 month halt”
