"Go-ahead for dam that will drown history
By Suna Erdem
Critics predict an archeological and human disaster because of £840m Turkish dam
TURKEY is to go ahead with the construction of a dam on the Tigris river despite claims that it will displace tens of thousands of people and flood a 12,000-year-old city.
Critics also say that the €1.2 billion (£840 million) Ilisu Dam will severely restrict the flow of water through Syria and on to Iraq at the risk of provoking another conflict in the troubled region."
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