Ilısu Dam
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![The Ilısu Dam is in the predominantly Kurdish[Distribution of Kurdish People] — GlobalSecurity.org southeast of Turkey.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GapLocationTurkey.PNG "The Ilısu Dam is in the predominantly Kurdish[Distribution of Kurdish People] — GlobalSecurity.org southeast of Turkey.")
Ilısu Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey. Located on the Tigris river it is the largest hydroelectric power plant of the project. It is estimated that the dam will create a reservoir with a maximum volume of 10.4 billion m3 and a surface area of 313 km2 creating a power capacity of 1,200 MW and is expected to produce 3,800 GWh of power per year.
Cultural Impact
The completion of the Ilısu Dam would cause the flooding of the ancient city of Hasankeyf a city with more than 10,000 years of history. The Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) states that:
- The town is of particular cultural significance to the Kurdish people: the delegation found a widespread perception that the GAP project, and Ilısu in particular, is motivated primarily by a desire to destroy the Kurds as an ethnic group by destroying their most important cultural sites.[The Ilisu Dam – A Human Rights Disaster In The Making] on khrp.org
Many villages have reportedly been evacuated at gunpoint by the Turkish authorities, and in many cases houses have been burnt to the ground.
See also
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External links
- [www.gap.gov.tr - Official GAP web site] – [English]
- [www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/current.html] Current status of GAP as of june 2000
- [Environmental Impact Assessment Report] Introduction PDF
- [Environmental Impact Assessment Report] Project Background and Description PDF
- [Ilısu Consortium Official Web Site]
- [http://www.ilisu.org.uk/] Ilısu Dam Campaign
- [Ilisu Hydroelectric Project] on pbs.org
- [www.khrp.org/publish/p1999/IlisuReport.htm] The Ilısu Dam - A Human Rights Disaster in the Making
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