Hasankeyf Matters

Hasankeyf: past, present, future

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

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[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

New documentary The Town That Drove Away on the displacement of Hasankeyf "underscores the horrid, pained reality of such uprooting, calling for a reappraisal. We must name the crime, record it & demand due accountability," writes @highonfilms__ reviewer.
https://t.co/nq7nsiNBM4

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Beautiful presentation of @atesalparr's haunting photographic series on the flooding of #Hasankeyf, "Taş Kabuk Sessiz" (Stone Shell Silent).

[Manifold @manifold_notlar]

Bu ay Ateş Alpar’ın fotoğraflarını kadrajladık:
https://t.co/eIQeZ0MFPk

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Kurdish photographer Murat Yazar captures life along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which gave rise to some of the world’s earliest civilizations, but have been transformed by dams and conflict: https://t.co/7U9aZH1Y2f 🖊️: @PaulSalopek

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Fotoğrafc�� @atesalparr 'ın Taş Kabuk Sessiz serisinde Hasankeyf’in sular altında kalışını. Şimdi @BursaFotoFest 'un kapsamında sergileniyor.

The flooding of Hasankeyf in Ateş Alpar’s Stone Shell Silent photography series, on view as part of the Bursa FotoFest.

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

An 800-year-old ceramic fragment believed to depict an Anatolian leopard has been found during excavations in a part of Hasankeyf that was not submerged under the Ilısu Dam.
https://t.co/57x4KiiXGq

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Powerful account of the transformation of eastern Turkey - submerged settlements, polluted waters, disrupted ecosystems - by mega-dam projects.

[Paul Salopek @PaulSalopek]

‘The lands along the Tigris & Euphrates were a center of the ancient world, where humans developed writing and agriculture. For thousands of years, the rivers ran freely…Not anymore.’

Read the latest @outofedenwalk story by @Niviskar.
https://t.co/m11ukPTT7h

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

The unflooded upper citadel of Hasankeyf is still revealing new evidence of the area's long history: the latest discovery is a fourth-century fort used by the Romans to patrol their empire's border with Persia.

[Live Science @LiveScience]

Remains of 1,600-year-old Roman fort unearthed in Turkey https://t.co/kMlheuXGPq

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

"Hasankeyf was a central point on one of the strands of the Silk Roads. Eighty percent of the city was flooded, and with it, a wealth of cultural heritage." --writer/adventurer @leonmccarron on his expedition along the Tigris River, via @yaledailynews
https://t.co/QLJpJAuHEM

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Rare medieval healing bowl engraved with images of double-headed dragon, dog, snake & scorpion and two archery rings of agate and bone found during excavations at Hasankeyf Castle, which remains above the waters of the dam that flooded the lower city.
https://t.co/py2gQOOevh

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

A 3000-year-old Iron Age Assyrian necropolis was found last month in Batman province. So much still to uncover and learn in this region, so many chances lost with the flooding of the area around #Hasankeyf.
https://t.co/ZK5jyIr3aN

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

12 Bin Yılın Son 5 Yılı: Hasankeyf'te Anadolu’nun binlerce yıllık tarihi yerleşimini kaybetmesine ilk elden tanıklık eden halkbilimci @OsmanNuriYuce tarafından çok duygulandırma kısa bir film. @AtlasDergisi
https://t.co/boc9pWSKs9

[Jennifer Hattam @TheTurkishLife]

Final days in Istanbul for three art shows challenging historical erasure: @atesalparr’s photographs bear witness to cultural & environmental destruction around Hasankeyf and the communities displaced and dispossessed by the Ilısu Dam. At @MerdivenArt until 15 July.

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Hasankeyf and the new settlement area in 2021, photographed by Andréas Lang and on display in "Kırık Hatıralar" (Broken Memories) exhibit @depo_istanbul until 24 June.

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Dammed thirsty: the cross-border fight for water - With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, mega-dams in Turkey, Ethiopia, China, and other countries are a growing source of potential conflict.
https://t.co/yot8b4kJfH

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

New documentary "Herkes Toprağa Gömülür, Ben Suya" (Everyone is Buried in the Ground, I in the Water) by director Fettullah Çelik looks at the forgotten villages - home to some 70,000 people - displaced by the Ilısu dam that also drowned Hasankeyf.
https://t.co/qlL4U44bHf

[Ercan Ayboga @ercanayboga]

"70-80 bin insan göç etmek zorunda kaldı. Yüz binlerce canlıya mezar oldu ve insanların tüm bunları konuşmak istediğini fark ettim. Tüm süreci aşama aşama izlemeye karar verdim, en başından sular köyleri tamamen kaplayana kadar."
https://t.co/wXz42HFdjB

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

Lyrical, political documentary about #Hasankeyf screens tonight at 6pm sharp followed by a conversation with 'Aether' director @rukentekesfilms at @KIRAATHANE24 in Istanbul (event in Turkish).

[İstanbul Edebiyat Evi @KIRAATHANE24]

🎥08.11 / 18:00 Hasankeyf’te uzun bir yolculuğa çıkan #RûkenTekeş’in lirik bir günlüğü andıran #Aether filmi, hem politik hem şiirsel yönü olan güçlü bir belgesel. Önce birlikte izleyecek, sonra yönetmenle Sinan Yusufoğlu moderatörlüğünde sohbet edeceğiz.
https://t.co/31hlx6iasE

[Jennifer Hattam @TheTurkishLife]

"It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying."

Urgent reporting on disastrous effects of climate change, dams (mostly in Turkey) & pollution on Iraq's water, land & people.

[Jennifer Hattam @TheTurkishLife]

Performance artist Ateş Alpar carries the multilingual sign of Hasankeyf, a historic town in SE Turkey drowned under the waters of a dam, around Mardin’s old town center during the opening weekend of @mardinbienali , which centers on dispossession.

[Hasankeyf Matters @HKmatters]

"Silent: Hasankeyf" by photographer Ateş Alpar on display to 17 January @KIRAATHANE24 in Istanbul as part of group exhibition Forms of Silence (#SessizlikBiçimleri) #hasankeyf