Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Turkish Pop Star Battles Dam Project: 'Stop With This Insanity!' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

"TURKISH POP STAR BATTLES DAM PROJECT
'Stop With This Insanity!'

Tarkan Tevetoglu, Turkey's biggest pop star, is using all his energy to battle the construction of the controversial Ilisu dam, which threatends to permanently submerge the 10,000-year-old city of Hasankeyf. Critics argue the ancient city on the Tigris River should be a UNESCO World Heritage site."

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