Moved to higher ground before the entire area is flooded. the tickers river has been rising for weeks several restaurants on the river s edge have already closed some 90 kilometers downstream dam has stopped the rivers flow to form a huge manmade lake that will submerge an area that humans settled millennia ago thousands of people will lose land and homes in the once bustling street where tourists used to shop merchants are now loading up their wares. of course it hurts to leave such a story place if only they d been able to save house and cave that s what we wanted but this is. a few kilometers to the north a new city is taking shape there hot sun caves mostly kurdish inhabitants can purchase subsidized housing ankara is also preparing a site for historic structures in the hope that tourists will still come to new