FightING ILISU DAM  - SAVE HASANKEYF AND TIGRIS VALLEY

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Program of the Symposium “Keep Hasankeyf Alive”

 

Date: 18-19 February 2006, Location: Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality - Theatre Hall

 

18 February 2006, Saturday

 

09.30-10.00      Opening Speeches

 

- Arif Arslan, President, Volunteers for Hasankeyf Association

- Abdulvahap Kusen, Mayor, Hasankeyf Municipality

- Hüseyin Kalkan, Mayor, Batman Municipality

- Osman Baydemir, Mayor, Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality, President, the Union of   South East Anatolia Region Municipalities (USAM)

 

10.00-12.30   

 

I. Session: Heritage of Hasankeyf in the International and National Framework

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tırpan, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Selcuk University;

President, Association of the Archeologists and Archeology in Turkey

 

- Prof. Dr. Abdüsselam Uluçam, Head of the Excavation Team, the Archeological Site in Hasankeyf

- Orhan Silier, President, the History Foundation of Turkey; Member, Europa Nostra Council

 

12.30-13.30    Lunch break

 

II. Session: Hasankeyf and Ilisu Dam: Concerning Environment, Energy and Humans

 

Moderator: Fahrettin Çağdaş, President, UCTEA Diyarbakır Branch

 

- Tahir Öngör, Chamber of Geologists, Istanbul Branch

- Nedim Tüzün, Vice President, Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Diyarbakir Branch

 

Break

 

- Nurettin Özbağdatlı, Nature Association, Turkey/Atlas Magazine

- Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali Ceylan, Dicle University, Department of Public Health

 

16.00               Documentary:

 

“Precious Stone under Water”, Award (Golden certificate) of the Parma Film Festival 2002

- Documentary about the 21 dams which will flood the cultural assets along the rivers of Euphrates and Tigris in the South East Anatolia, Mesopotamia

- Speech of the Document Producer, Halil Gülbeyaz

 

18.00              Dinner

20.30             Television Program/Gün TV (local TV)

 

Moderator: Fethi Süvari, Deputy General Secretary of Local Agenda 21, Diyarbakır

 

- Abdulvahap Kusen, Mayor, Hasankeyf Municipality

- Prof. Dr. Zeynep Ahunbay, Head of the Restoration Division, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University; Member, National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)               

- Prof. Dr. Abdusselam Uluçam, Head of the Excavation Team, the Archeological Excavation in Hasankeyf

- Necla Akkaya, Coordinator of the ongoing fieldwork (organized by Goc-Der)on Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) data and procedures in Bismil

 

19. February 2006, Sunday 

 

10.00-12.00    I. Session: Heritage of Hasankeyf in the internationa and national framework

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Oktay Belli, Member of the Diyarbakir Board for the Conservation of  Cultural and Natural Assets; Director, Institute of Eurasia Archaeology and Advisor to the Rector, Istanbul University,

 

- Assist. Prof. Dr. Semra Somersan, Istanbul Bilgi University, Sociology Department

- Assist. Prof. Dr. Gül Pulhan, MA Program in Anatolian Civilizations and Cultural Heritage Management, Department of History, Koc University

 

Break

 

- Oktay Ekinci, President, Chamber of Architects of Turkey

- Prof. Dr. Zeynep Ahunbay, Head of the Restoration Division, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University; Member, National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)                         

 

12.00-13.00    Lunch Break

 

13.00- 14.30   II. Session: Ilısu Dam Project and the Affected People

Moderator: TMMOB representative

 

- Reyhan Yalçındag, Vice President, Human Rights Association of Turkey

- Necla Akkaya, Coordinator of the ongoing fieldwork (organized by Goc-Der)on Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) data and procedures in Bismil

- Nazdar Kahramaner, Women’s Council, Local Agenda 21 Diyarbakir

- Kemal Vuraldogan, Lawyer, Bar of Ankara 

 

14.30- 15.00   Break

 

15.00- 17.00   Open Peoples Forum: Ilisu Project, impacts and solution proposals

Moderator: Seyhmus Diken, Advisor of Cultural Affairs, Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality

 

- Emin Turan, a villager from Hasankeyf

- Ibrahim Sarı, Ismail Aydin and his sister, villagers from Yukarı Sarı(Bismil)

- A villager from Sinan village

- Banu Pekol, SAVE Europe's Heritage

 

17.00- 17.30   Iluh-Munzur Theatre: The tears of Hasankeyf flows into the Munzur river

 

17.30              Conclusion speeches 

 

21 February 2006, Monday

 

11.00              Press Conference:

                                       Concluding Declaration of the Symposium:

                                       Observations and Recommendations