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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Turkey's Great Leap Forward risks cultural and environmental bankruptcy | World news | The Guardian

"Turkey's Great Leap Forward risks cultural and environmental bankruptcy

Turkish government's rush to build dams, hydro and nuclear power plants angers villagers and environmental campaigners

Every springtime Pervin Çoban Savran takes her camels and sheep up into the Taurus mountains of southern Turkey, following the same routes along the Goksu river that Yoruk people like her have taken for more than 1,000 years. To many Turks these last nomadic tribes are symbols of the soul of their nation."

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