"Renewed dam project threatens historic site
The government has gone back on promises to save Hasankeyf
By Lucian Harris
LONDON. Plans for the construction of a massive dam on the Tigris River in South Eastern Turkey, which threatens to submerge Hasankeyf, a site of great historic importance, are again underway, despite the apparent success of an international campaign to halt the project in 2002 and numerous promises by the Turkish government to save the town. The renewal of the project appears to flaunt many of the recommendations attached to Turkey�s proposed accession to the European Union."
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