With a call for unity but the world body body is far from united on a number of global issues including reforms that are needed to keep it relevant. To migrant boats pushed out of european waters e. U. Lawmakers want an investigation into allegations against the greek coast guard and shields want to know what a German Navy Ship saw and did join possibly illegal migrant pushbacks. And racing against time in tasmania australian rescuers are trying to save these pilot whales after they became a wound in Shallow Water about 25 had been sprayed but more than 150 the mainstream. Im sorry so much got to thank you for joining us countries across europe are scrambling to contain the corona virus pandemic. After a surge in new infections british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson said in the last hour that the u. K. Has reached a perilous turning point as he laid out new restrictions people across the continent will be forced to restrict their activities in hopes of reopening later in the fall. Hes waited 6 months for this for the 1st time since march pubs in ireland are again pulling pints but the industry remains weary of a virus that hasnt gone away. To be honest we didnt believe until the morning we turned door that we were actually getting to open because we have so many people stopped before they only have to look to the capital dublin where bars have been told to stay sharp spike in cases there which a stark contrast to the u. K. Is genuinely affecting going down where the government relaxed restrictions much earlier and is no warning of a 2nd wave of the. If we do not change course then were going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem new restrictions on pub Opening Times and social gatherings will come into force this week the government has reversed its call for workers to head back to the office. If it is possible for people to work from home that we didnt call reach them to do so meanwhile hospitals in spain are battling western europes highest corbet 1000 castell. Health officials are considering whether to expand a lot light to include the whole of madrid. Some of the families confined to their homes are confused by the mixed messages. I cant quote but i can go to drink. In munich germany the annual beer fuelled fest was cancelled but the drinking holes are still packed the good cheer belies the worrying sergeant coronavirus cases in the city officials have no said masks are mandatory in some squares is easy to hit there so how to control it and those abide by the rules must be punished not 10 euros but 100 or one sows and. Munich like much of europe is now wrestling with coronavirus all over again and hoping to defeat it without shutting down public life entirely. As we mentioned british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has Just Announced new restrictions to tackle rising infection numbers and. Joining us from london hi charlotte a good to see you so walk us through these a new restrictions for the u k. The Hospitality Industry will be hard hit again under these new restrictions from day onwards restaurants and pops will have to close said doris off to 10 pm so a new curfew in place there the biggest change is what from home again that is what the Prime Minister has said so whoever can should remain at home and not go to the offices that is a huge turn from what he has said all summer long and the rule of 6 so people are not allowed to socialize with more than 65 other people at a time and that is especially hard for families of 6 for example who face a winter where they are not allowed to socialize or mingle at all with other people and Prime MinisterBoris Johnson made clear that these new restrictions will most likely be in place at least for the next 6 months so all throughout the winter and that this might be just the beginning of the next locked on to we should say that the Prime Minister himself has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic so tell us more about the criticism of how hes been responding. Oh and hes absolutely still on the fire from all sides right now at the moment people are saying that these new restrictions just dont go far enough to quote the spread of the virus those on the one signed on the other side he has people criticizing him for closing down ponce of the economy already big need of course to keep it open because a recession is threatening to hit the United Kingdom so really criticism from all sides there and especially on his mixed messages people saying that he has confused the British Public by with his u. Turns and for example as i mentioned the working from home rule that he has changed his mind on that again so a lot of criticism also on the track and trace people are saying this is an incompetent Prime Minister who hasnt used the summer months to really put in place a good testing system where cases new cases can now be tracked and traced throughout the winter given that backdrop celotto are people there welcoming you know stricter measures or they support the governments approach. I think a lot of people are very worried about the upcoming winter tens of thousands of bound to lose their jobs when the economic packages from the government are running out in a few weeks others fear that the virus will spread again like it did in the spring when the u. K. Was europes west hit country so a lot of fear about the virus itself and then just a fear of being able to face a very lonely and long winter without being able to contain this virus throughout the country didnt you correspondent shot up was reporting from london thank you very much. And lets get some more perspective on the state of the pandemic now with Margaret Harris shes a spokesperson at the w. H. O. In geneva and shes joining us on the line market we just heard from our correspondent about england the new measures there and we know that authorities have taken the approach of implementing regional or local measures whenever there are new outbreaks do you think that will be enough. Good afternoon what needs to happen actually is that everyone of us understands that everyone of us has a huge role to play that this is spread simply through direct close contact with infected people via the mouth no secretion so we have to avoid contact with droplets from any other person because we may not know if the other person is infected how do we do that we do the physical distancing we wear the mask we clean our hands frequently and if asked to be to self isolate if found to be a contect we Pay Attention to that do it properly we really do self that slate for the time required. Thats the personal responsibility do you think governments are doing enough that theyre taking the right approach. Or city governments need to enable all those things its all very well for me to say do these things but if you dont have access to Hand Sanitizer or if youre asked to stay at home but you dont cant get food you cant get all the services you need or if people dont check up on check in on you and make sure youre ok then those things dont happen as well as they should say governments or sorry Everybody Needs to make it possible for all of us to do what we can do to prevent the spread of this virus margaret we keep hearing that winter is approaching which countries which regions are you most worried about where you dont see perhaps adequate testing or tracing or mask wearing for example. Well we are concerned about the entire world in the Northern Hemisphere winter quite as you quite rightly say is approaching and during. Much colder and you see a rise in many other illnesses so even the chronic illnesses tend to get worse jerry winter as well so you need your Health System to be running and have lots of capacity to deal with all the other things otherwise you will have a rise in deaths from all kinds of other conditions. So. We are concerned about the entire world. Margaret i want to ask you about something a lot of people are waiting and hoping for namely a vaccine and youre going ization announce yesterday that youve got a number of countries to sign up to a plan to fairly distribute vaccines once are available but the u. S. And china are not part of this plan i mean how worried are you that were going to see a country like the u. S. Or a like china maybe even hoard Early Vaccine supplies. Well certainly this is exactly why we set up kopeks facility because no one is safe until everyone safe we need once we know weve got a vaccine that works and remember we still dont know that we have a vaccine that is safe and works but once we do have that we want to get it out to every part of the planet get it out to the groups most at risk to ensure that we have really our plucky transmission of these fires everywhere so its in the interests of every country to be involved because no one is safe until everyone safe. Will have to leave it there margaret her spokesperson at the World Health Organization joining us on the line from geneva thank you very much. Thats for that. Lets take a look now at some of the developments in the pandemic the u. S. Public health body c. D. C. As was drawn a guidance saying that fine aerosol particles floating in the air may spread the virus the retraction has sparked concerns of political interference mexico past 700000 confirmed coronavirus cases but Officials Say the overall infection rate is still slowing down new zealand recorded 0 new coping 1000 and factions on tuesday there are now only 61 registered active cases in the country. Now to some other headlines out from around the world china has sentenced and influential real estate tycoon and critic of president xi jinping to 18 years in prison for corruption a Court Statement said that a former member of the communist party elite has pleaded guilty to corruption bribery and embezzlement of public funds. U. S. President donald trump says he will announce his Supreme Court nominee by the end of the week the position became vacant after the death of a Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg on friday trump has urged the Republican Controlled Senate to confirm a spec before the election 5 women are being vetted for the role. This is wildfire north of los angeles is threatening homes but officials hope calmer winds could help firefighters get it under control the bobcat fire is one of more than 20 major blazes burning across california for weeks now thousands of residents have been told to evacuate. World leaders have been marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations on monday ahead of the start of the u. N. General Assembly General debate today the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is posing major challenges for this years event the organizations secretary general called for greater Global Cooperation but major countries like the uns host nation the us are more often acting on their own facing what some have called a crisis of confidence the un mark you see 75th anniversary. A spouse crowd in new york gathered to celebrate the milestone moment with a coronavirus pandemic largely forcing the event online striking a positive tone the u. N. Chief praised the Organization Success over the last 7 decades. Now heidi more than it used to be if we go in so many years we dont need any confrontation between the measured. These are going to be achievement of which Member States can be brought and which we must all strive to preserve the uns most powerful branch the Security Council though face heavy criticism its often power lies by vetoes and disagreements in a clear snob u. S. President donald trump did not show up or even record a video message instead the host country sent its acting Deputy Representative of the United Nations has for too long been resistant to meaningful reform too often lacking in transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictator so in a recorded message german chancellor Angela Merkel called for further multilateralism time for even an expansion of members to the Security Council to stay relevant if im not suing the United Nations can only be as effective as its members only knighted. Security council is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms on the un must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. As the un faces questions whether its still fit for purpose many feel its the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. And lets talk about that with our chief Political Editor. It is not an easy time for the United Nations to be marking its 75th anniversary i mean how much pressure is the u. N. Under right now. It is under significant pressure we saw that donald trump didnt show up or didnt send a message for the celebration of 75 years of the United Nations and has a lot to celebrate i brought my old book in to illustrate that because after all here is what the 1st sentence of the charter of the United Nations says we the peoples of the United Nations are determined to save succeeding generations from the school of war it has achieved that world war 3 didnt happen so until a new good terrorist the u. N. Secretary general has every right to point towards that but the big question mark is whether the u. N. Actually will deliver the kind of unity that is required to tackle the challenges the world is facing right now covered 19 Climate Change for instance and the threat of a new world order where we clearly see the United States facing off with china its leader xi jinping actually did send a message and he positioned himself as the one championing multilateralism while we saw trump sending in relation to that very junior diplomat to represent the United States who then had a lot of criticism for the u. N. So a lot of infighting behind what was supposed to be a big Birthday Celebration we saw the german chancellor Angela Merkel there calling for members to act more united while she directing those comments that particular countries and leaders. Well she delivered a video message that was rather general also in its criticism but of course she means donald trump she needs the United States shes clearly positioned himself in the past as being part of the west that europe needs to be part of the west and stand in for those very values well again this little book is fill you filled with those values so with International Human rights with western values which is also criticism that these very documents of the u. N. Received from countries that feel they are under represented particularly those developing countries who want to have more of a say kofi annan of former secretary general he was once mocked by mr love of the Russian Foreign minister as having taken weeks and months without really reforming the u. N. When god created the world in 7 days and he said then replied that he was had the advantage of acting alone and it doesnt look like the un will have the kind of strength in any near future to reform itself which is so severely required to even tackle those challenges the world is facing right now speaking of reforms we saw the german chancellor also calling for changes what is her vision then for the un. Well she does want to see that will for reform shes offered that germany would be prepared to take on more responsibility it of course played a greater role this year as being part of an or having a nonpermanent seat in the un Security Council that is in need of reform for now it seems to be more of a body of blockades where either you the United States or time and russia are blocking any major action by what is known as the World Community but that seems to be losing power as we speak with many different nations putting themselves 1st not just the United States our chief Political Editor michelle is now thank you so much for months now human Rights Groups have been demanding action over socalled push backs of migrant boats and the edgy and see n. G. O. S accuse the greek coastguard of unlawfully forcing boats back into turkish waters greece has denied acting illegally now the European ParliamentJustice Committee is demanding that greece launch an independent investigation into pushbacks kernel be in the European Union collective expulsions or migrants or as it was years before you can tell what is the underlying case there has to be a thorough investigation its not up to your problem to decide which body is to ensure good investigation is not in the journal legal system or everybody means Prosecutors Office usual of course there is no independent body you have to complete an investigation. You know what that was the one for none of us i chair of the European ParliamentJustice Committee meanwhile the role of the German Military and push push backs has also come into focus and yet he is dull dull boy has been looking into this for us hi joe thanks for joining us how has germany been implicated here while the german bund is very movie you know or navy has acknowledged that one of its ships was in the aegean taking part in a nato exercise when on multiple occasions the greek coast guard carry out operations involving migrant boats now greece is deny that its done anything illegal in these cases however multiple n. G. O. S and Media Outlets have documented occasions where the great coast guard has pushed migrant boats back into turkish waters which could possibly violate International Law and on some of those occasions the engines were damaged the boats were towed or pushed back using a way force and they were left to drift the ngo marilla bedroom says that some 7000 migrants have been pushed back in this way in this year so far we can see now a video that was filmed by migrants on one of these occasions on june 17th we can see the greek coast guard speeding cost in creating waves we can hear the distress of the people on board the boat and in the background there is another ship now that ship according to the engineer Marie Le Baron who is the a 1411. 00 which is a German Navy Ship we can see it highlighted there the a 1411. 00 bolin a German Navy Ship that was taking part in nature exercises and the navy has confirmed that that boat was there this particular incident ended when the Turkish Coast got intervened and rescued the migrants now we spoke to a spokesman from the ngo marilla verum and she told us that the german navy is now clearly implicated in pushbacks instead of just witnessing illegal perspex and corrupt behavior by then they curse god its cruel. Than them. Rescue because they can see overcrowded rubble is padded definition in distress and there is a duty to perform risk here in a situation like that as it is stated by international maritime. Ok so how is the German Military responding well the german good as well as acknowledge that its ships do have a duty to rescue people in distress however it told the d w that its greek and Turkish Coast guards are fulfilling their judy of rescue in their own territorial waters that intervention by a german ship is neither required nor permitted and on one occasion the german navy did intervene and tow a damaged boat to the island of lesbos however the ngo merit a bedroom says that on multiple other occasions the german navy stood by and did nothing and on those occasions the german navy was a potential witness to a potential International Crime and should come forward with testimony and evidence now the european Justice Committee is calling for an independent investigation and for that reason its even more important to know what the German Forces did and what they saw to get news Jill Dougherty reporting for us thank you for bringing us that story. Now researchers are trying to free nearly 200 whales stranded in Shallow Water off the island of tasmania 25 of the mammals have been freed so far but an estimated 90 have already died this after 2 large pods became stuck on an underwater sandbar there is hope that the other pilot whales can be freed over the next couple of days. Extraordinary scenes as almost 300. 00 pilot whales peppered the Shallow Waters of tasmanias west coast. They became beached here on monday on the sand outside mcquarrie harbor its a location where these mammals often get into difficulty. And when you say large numbers like these its not surprising theyre very social animals and they are found in large groups also known as pods and force in this case we might have had. Or some individuals may have never bedded in the roadway and now theyve become stuck in stranded scientists believe up to one 3rd of the pilot whales have already died but rescue efforts to free the rest continue despite the difficult conditions weve got and im spread out over a large area and in really challenging locations so are we going to buy she can be tied to the animals with the base change to start with then the ones that we are able to do you eat soil some animals might be simply to be going on to locations. To texturally to you if. I lived well as a response shes of oceanic dolph and they can grow up to 7 metres long and weigh up to 3 tons. That makes freeing them even harder. Beached whales can quickly overheat and their muscles deteriorate. Although this rescue mission could take several days everyone involved knows its a race against time. Now sports fans in england have been dealt a big blow plans to welcome fans back to premier League Football matches in october have been scrapped due to rising corona virus infections but that is not the case in budapest where the u. S. A super couple kick off on thursday it is a showdown between last seasons Champions League and Europa League winners in this case iron against the via the push cash arena will be peppered with fans at 30 percent capacity but with covered 1000. 00 cases on the rise in hungary some german politicians are sounding a warning about the match. Getting tested for coronavirus at the allianz arena byron munich are offering the test for free to fans planning to travel to budapest for the u. A. E. For a super cup they can even get it done in their car hungary requires a negative test to be allowed into the country but last week German Health authorities declared the hungary in capital a risk area causing hundreds of byron fans with tickets to cancel their trip to various premier expressed his concern about a potential super spreader event im super cup arguments if im very worried about the super cup when 2 to 3000 people from munich and the region fly to budapest and budapest has an incident rate of 100. 00 theres a high infection rate there at the moment and we have to be very careful that we dont risk creating a football is skills that you can fall out from sponsorship was q. And a skill that was the austrian ski resort that turned into a coronavirus hot spot last winter its a scenario no one wants to see repeated in budapest. Byrons opponents in the super cup spanish side sivia also offered free testing at their stadium you wait for says its using the event as a pilot to try bringing back fans to games and that it will not take risks with peoples safety but it made that claim before a germany declared budapest a risk area. For. Coming up next our documentary series close up takes a look at the flooding of an ancient town in turkey to make way for a new dam stay tuned for that. Protesters fall had for decades. But they soon down in southeastern turkey is now in operation. And the ancient city of haasan cave has been flooded. All in order to meet energy demands or to curtail the supply of water to neighboring iraq close on. Next on a d. W. I. By. Years of conflict so 5 years of hard hitting little holes im going to ask the question id like a familys life because thats what a free 1st did you mean for you coming back to the tsunami are you concerned for not concerned to sebastian and sara kelly taking part of the matter is just to get the questions you believe. D. W. Did beethoven in vienna chose to dictate to do. You want a piece of. The romance of stolen beethoven. Of course the subconscious always going to. Come into the world sat with the biggest composer of all time i cant begin to imagine world class horn player sara willis on a musical journey of discovery. With alfred. This week on w. A sinking city for thousands of years leap and have lived in the ancient town of the sun caves. Thank you to really get you off to the water submerged cars on cave the town with its people wildlife and traditions ceased to exist it just disappeared to. Get the town was evacuated for it was swallowed up by the waters of the river tigris the reason why tens of thousands of people lost their home is a huge down. Its literally like well the earth and subdue it as you know in the sense of a record to take up or. Ference hotel was called paradise garden when we visited him in january 2020 it was a paradise in ruins the route was dismantling the prefab sections of his hotel in the hope of rebuilding them elsewhere because here the river tigris was rising fast if left he said the building would be under water within a few days. Or poured over a father you know when i think about the future of my business i feel very pessimistic. A big part of me just wants to withdraw thats how i feel right now my normal willpower and energy to do things has gone. You know. Was witnessing the destruction of his hometown. The ancient town has sunk a foot in the region once known as mesopotamia considered the cradle of civilization in just a few months most of the town in the tigris valley would be a sunken treasure like a real life atlantis residents were not consulted about the controversial dam beforehand. The water is right there its been raining and now we have snow to. The roads dogs manchu and caro grew up in paradise garden they seemed confused about what was happening to their home. For 12 years fear outs hotel was a. In the tourists. Assange case and the surrounding land of ancient mesopotamia was inhabited for many at. Numerous advanced civilizations left their mark on it this true many travelers who passed through turkeys southeast to her son caves and many came to figure out its power dice garden. This was filmed in the summer of 2018 when ferrites hotel still looked like its name. He already knew then that his garden of eden would soon be lost. But he couldnt bring himself to believe that. Those whose whose. Whose move. By the start of 2020 it had become a standard reality. Here at says the son caves in the tigris valley has been declared a World Heritage site. According to a study the town fulfilled 9 of the 10 unesco World Heritage criteria. It seemed predestined for the recognition. But the government in ankara had no interest in applying. Back in the mid 1990 s. The town was as yet on touched bulky ologists where in chanted with the sun case this small psyllium was built by a turkish ruler to his son after the. He was killed in battle in 473. The mosque and minaret on the banks of the tigris reportedly date back to 1409 researches found artifacts in the ground suggesting that the area was home to a number of different civilizations people are believed to have inhabited the tigris valley as far back as 12000 years ago. Even in modern times many residents of her son cave lived from farming fishing and traditional handicrafts. The town was famous for its neolithic caves carved into the rocks along the riverbank. Families lived in these caves until the 1960 s. When most moved into houses they built for themselves. The cliffs became a historical site and were placed under preservation order in the 1980 s. But some families continued to stay in the caves right up until the 1990 s. As they gave welcome response from the hot summer sun. No one knows how many generations found refuge in these rocks from the rain sun heat and cold. But the fate of the caves was decided when it became clear that they could pose a risk to the states plans to flood hundreds of square kilometers of land. Some of the caves go deep into the rock the concern was that if the rising river tigris flooded them the whole cliff side could collapse so 2 years were spent filling the caves with deborah and sealing them off with a massive stone wall. A radical intervention in nature. The idea. Building a dam on the tigris is nothing new politicians in faraway anchorage 1st considered it decades ago the river euphrates has a number of dams as do many of the other rivers that flow from the mountains in eastern turkey heading south but none of these projects destroyed so much land in one fell swoop as the aliso dam on the river tigris. Through the. Iranian people had joined us and here you can see how some case back there was a social and you can already see the beginning of the reservoir here. That isnt a river its the reservoirs. I thought it was he was literally like i feel the earth and subdue it you know one in the sense of breaking up toward the end of the sun the sun off and thats was when you just look at it all around everythings been turned upside down blocked off and. Its just a brutal august. Who was a shy man is a conservationist whos been coming to his sign k. For more than 15 years hes stunned by what its become for the turkish government commissioned a huge damage around 60 kilometers downriver its still unclear what long term impact this project will have on ha here and on local residents. Visit this is a when you 1st look at this is it. The mice in the trees you see a way most people would think nice. About this is that sacred but actually its a crime. And when you think about what the water has covered. Right here one of humanitys most historic settlements. Haasan k. Fiz now submerged it doesnt care if. You can just see a few caves poking out of the top but thats all thats left you directly think the central caves and also the architectural structures like the old bridge pillars that were around a 1000 years old are gone. Theres a boat that was the bridge for the silk road the original site roads of. This graveyard would be the next victim to go under. Local residents came to see it one more time before it was engulfed by the reservoir. Knowledge which was youre. Seeing this makes our soldiers burn i come from his son came we had a house and garden here and now its all gone our youth has been lost but im. Sure theyre going to be. The one grave there belongs to my father the other to my mother my brothers and i discussed it and decided to leave the greats here a little knowledge of the duty of. Man met surtax to check who spent a part of his life in germany. Its such a shame. As out its more than a shame its a crime against humanity for pressure. On the men tried i can help you right there since being in turkey ive shown down my language its a crime yes a crime you can say that. There was opposition to it in turkey but it didnt change anything unfortunately. I think that was the start of this whole thora tarion regime it started with nature. And the. Man was a key figure in the mounting resistance to the dam. In 2008 he worked for the mantra that Hansen Foundation the german conservation great news one time we got turkish cops saying that i can to visit husain cave and draw attention to the towns plight he also organized a number of other. Test initiatives. On German Green Party politicians is dimia and inflate also for to safe this unique Cultural Landscape there were repeated rallies and protests against the damage in 2018 the police used Water Cannons to break up one of the last to launch protests and made numerous arrests. Last spring hassan case downfall was drawing visitors residents from the surrounding region came to the town at the weekends to see the rising water level by mid march when the spring was just beginning the waters had risen considerably the impounded river was barely flowing anymore causing garbage and greed to build up. The bridge that link test case with the dwellings on the other side of the tigris was already submerged. Just. A Television Broadcast from Northern Iraq reported live from the scene. One resident told the reporter how he was born in one of the caves in her son cave ridge when i hand described the dam project as a massacre he said he didnt believe the state was that bothered about producing electricity and that it was more about driving the people away from here. Almost. Their goal is to clear all the towns in this northern part of mesopotamia. Or theyre not interested in producing energy they could do that with wind or solar power. And if they would restore the Historic Monuments for the Tourism Industry they could earn 10 times what theyre getting all. This area is also one of the most fertile regions in the world. They could earn money from that too. But they are determined to clear this area. But my impression increasingly is that this is all driven by security concerns. And i hand suspicions are not unfounded. In 2006 wretched tired attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the release of the dam he was Prime Minister at the time. From the very start it was clear the dam was about more than elektra city the decision to build it was made by the national Security Council which includes the Turkish Military members of the government admitted that the dam which is 130 meters high and 1. 7 kilometers long was designed in part as a safeguard against the band couldnt stand Workers Party or p k k a designated terrorist dont. This reservoir that formed as a result of the dam cuts off routes used by p. K. K. Militants. For decades the kurdish fighters have come from iraq crossing the mountains into turkey before there were points for the tigris the shallow enough for them to cross easily allowing them to launch attacks on turkish soil in their long running battle with ankara. The white reservoir is designed to prevent that which held 199. 00 towns and villages have had to be fully or partly evacuated for the cause more than 60000. 00 people have lost their homes. And its not just the tigris thats affected the game now sue and boateng rivers that flow into the tigris from the north have also expanded making them almost impossible for the p. K. K. Fighters to cross. While we were there turkish fighter jets passed over her son case i thank her is fight against the p. K. K. Has shaped life in this area for decades. You. Tree was 60 years old according to firat he says he often rested in the shade and ate the walnuts it provided. Was so green like his hometown his son caves the trees have to die before its time. For all creatures come into the world live and then have to die. But just imagine you speak to a friend and half an hour later you hear that hes been killed in an accident. You hardly know how to get over it and i guess theres nothing you can do to change it but you cant point believe it either. You know. Ference says the states never consulted the residents of her son cave or the many other towns and villages affected but thats how its always been in turkey southeast he says theyve always had to give way when the state turned up and tolerate the arbitrary decisions made by ankara was. More plausible just on cape has been under preservation order for 35 years because of its historical significance since then we havent been allowed to erect even a garden shed some families had 10 People Living in one house because it was forbidden to put up any New Buildings and now the same people who didnt allow us to build have decided to destroy the lot and cover it with water to lift your. Spirits neighbors also cut down their trees before they left would just highly sought after in this impoverished region most of the residents of her son cave have tried to take a pragmatic approach to the situation. Many are of arab or kurdish descent they are in the minority in turkey and have learned to live with the poor treatment they sometimes experience at the hands of the state. By this point all the bridges the nearly all access roads to her sank a foot underwater. Cave was left as a ghost town and the residents had taken anything that could still be used from their homes Windows Doors and steel. The controversial nature of the dam prompted the governments of germany switzerland and austria to withdraw credit guarantees for the project in 2009 nearly all companies from those countries subsequently quit but even that didnt change the projects course the turkish government funded the dam by itself undeterred by the opposition. As it is now before we get to i still think its right to stand up against projects like these and to do something is wrong even though it was always clear to me that there was a high probability our attempts to stop this would fail. When you totally commit yourself to a cause like this. You have to be prepared to lose it ive often asked myself whether i could have done something differently curtain something that might have achieved a different result i guess its me but even today i have no real answer to that kind of has to go on for. Kate thats what it looked like the minaret here is gone. These were the old bridge pillars that were once part of the silk road theyre over 1100 years old the minarets gone up here there was a storks nest this. Thinks that back in the 1950 s. When turkish engineers 1st considered building a dam here the goal was no doubts to produce electricity but today in the age of wind and solar power its no longer a convincing argument he believes there are more wide reaching geo Strategic Interests at stake with the Legal Council these are damn allows the turkish authorities to control the water and to decide when and how much to let iraq out or and ive often heard of that argument in the media and also from government representatives. They say iraq has the oil but we have the water lets see who lasts longer richard. Palace security strength with all these factors seemingly involved the turkish government sees the project as a huge success the residence of her son casey at the very least divided in their opinion. Theyve been relocated to the other side of the tigris river to knew her son caves built from scratch in record time. But the turkish state didnt want to surrender everything to the floodwaters some of the towns Historic Monuments were transported to the other side of the tigris they were set up in a museum park on the edge of new hassan case. The turkish government says this way tourists can still come and admire some of the towns cultural treasures. Observers said it looked as if his son caves organs were extracted and trying. Planted the ancient structures made it to their new home intact but the soul of the old town was lost. Not everyone can afford a house in the new town residents received compensation for the loss of their homes and access to low interest loans but they all had to pay for their new house is long established his son kaye families who lived in rented accommodation were entitled to a house but they too had to buy it single people had no right to a home in the new town. Both his son case was colorful and oriental in keeping with its surroundings whether that will ever be true of new his son case is doubtful. It was full when the state began pushing residents to move applying subtle pressure after the Summer Holidays the school in old has sunk a free maintenon expectedly shot without any prior warning parents were told their children would have to go to school a new has sunk a 5 so they relocated bringing not only their possessions but also countless bottles of water. To get locally we had no choice the children have to go to school but theres no Running Water here so we brought water with us every 2nd or 3rd day we have to fetch water. Board phone says the kitchen really good. Well 1st released come in and take a look we had everything painted that it was from live in the water boiler is spit it outside. We had the molding stone ourselves. Its the ship to see it. Was the fish there will be 4 of us living here yes thank you god the ship the average haasan k. Family has 6 to 7 people. All so were a small household which. Isnt particularly in this one. Bullishness as it were there is no supermarket here for a bakery. And many of the houses have no Running Water. When people want to take a shower or they drive back to old hostile cable shape you know. All those who were able to get a house have now come to new his sound cave and they have Running Water now to tourists from a brewers have largely stayed away. The new market whole office the same 70 is that theres no one to buy them. A decision but yes which will be high up obviously well have to stay here now and our Living Conditions will be nicer than before. But its not clear whether well be able to earn what we used to pass on the machine but we have nice houses and nice shops but people here live from tourism and we dont know whether thats going to work out in the laws and theyre big mysteries in the class even if the tourists return reasons it doesnt have the same atmosphere here. In. Almost year long if. I hand on the other hand supports the damn wholehearted day he says that he too lived in the caves as a child and is grateful that those days are now over. Turkish and for interests will come. Theyll be able to swim in the reservoir and immediately get dressed afterwards because the water is so clean. And the water will be colder which means well have more fish fish dont grow to the same size in warm water the fish will be better quality. Will profit from there and then the tourists will return to. That not everyone is convinced by hans arguments at least not those who worked with it was a shy man and figure out are going to try to stop that dam. Has lost a few kilos over the whole stress of seeing his home town disappear. And caro his black dog was not happy in knew his son case for out says hes now moved to the mountains where the shepherds. Have been. But his white dog match 0 had to find a new friend. Thank you to really get in some good to be honest after the water covered her son cave the town with its people or the wildlife and traditions cease to exist its gone and now a new system is beginning here the only advantage might be that people are better off economically for. Economic value. Favorite shows his friends the place where he plans to build his hotel the prefab sections from coal to sank a few of their waiting for. That says the new building should be ready before winter. But his power dice garden is lost forever. The only message patient. 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