An intriguing article about Hasankeyf, the ancient town on the Tigris River, threatened with inundation as Turkey completes the Ilisu Dam, was published at Today's Zaman: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-349056-human-face-of-the-ilisu-dam-project.html
Since we visited Hasankeyf during our travels around the world on the 38th parallel, the Ilisu Dam has nearly been completed, despite the archaeological values of the ancient town. This new article includes an interview with a Hasankeyf lodgekeeper and family man named Firat, who firmly believes the town will not be flooded, because the very idea is so wrong. But the author's concluding words reveal his skepticism about Firat's optimism: " I nodded and said farewell to Fırat, his family and the ancient town of Hasankeyf.
