News & Updates

06 April 2005: Reemergence of discredited Ilisu Dam project:
Turkish dams violate EU standards and human rights [more]

16th May 2003:Kurdish Human Rights Project Urges Moratorium on Dam Projects in Turkey's Munzur Valley [more]

17th March 2003: ILISU DAM LAWYER ON TRIAL FOR "INSULTING THE GOVERNMENT" [more]

17th December 2002: Controversial BP pipeline delayed [more]

20th November 2002: DEVELOPMENTAL, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE BAKU-TBLISI-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE [more] s

30th September 2002: CANADIAN COMPANY FOUND GUILTY OF BRIBERY IN UK-SUPPORTED DAM PROJECT [more]

31st August 2002: Oil Companies Colonise Turkey: MAI by the Back Door? [more]

13th August 2002: TUC CONGRESS FRINGE MEETING Tuesday 10th September 2002 [more]

31st May 2002: YUSUFELI PROJECT VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [more]

4th April 2002: Trade Union Friends of Ilisu [more]

14 March 2002: AMEC PULLS OUT OF YUSUFELI DAM IN TURKEY [more]

March 3rd: Ilisu Dam project in Turkey suffers another blow as main financiers pull out [more]

29th January : Urgent call for support - sign up by February 14th! [more]

13th November : BALFOUR BEATTY PULLS OUT! [more]

13th November : A selection of press releases - from NGOs campaigning on the dam and from Balfour Beatty [more]

4th November : URGENT ACTION AND UPDATE News reports suggest the The Ilisu Dam is being used as a geostrategic pawn [more]

1st November : Amnesty International publishes criticism of the FCO, the DTI and the ECGD for their treatment of the human rights impact of the proposed Ilisu dam. [more]

03 October : ILISU DAM CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE
"SUPPORT FOR ILISU COULD BREACH HUMAN RIGHTS ACT," [more]

03 October : URGENT ACTION: ILISU BREACHES ALL FIVE GOVERNMENT CONDITIONS: Join us in urging the government to decide 'no' to Ilisu - send a letter and read our new report...[more]

06th July : URGENT ACTION!! : Ilisu Dam Decision Imminent
The Government decision on whether to support the Ilisu Dam project will be made in September 2001. [more]

24th May: Balfour Beatty, the Ilisu Dam and the World Commission on Dams - a report on the company’s Annual General Meeting 2001 [more]

27th April: Ilisu Dam Campaign - Day of Action May 2nd
Come and join our protest: Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam at Balfour Beatty’s Annual General Meeting 10am-2pm Wednesday May 2nd 2001 [more]

4th April: Foreign office under fire for withholding information
Keith Vaz, the Foreign Office minister, withheld information from MPs about advice he gave on human rights and the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey [more]

14th March report: Day of Action in London
The Ilisu Dam Campaign and Friends of the Earth launched a new report, based on a fact-finding mission to the Ilisu area. This was presented to Balfour Beatty at its London headquarters.[more]

14th March: Ilisu Dam Campaign - Day of Action
The Ilisu Dam Campaign is calling for a Day of Action on March 14th, to demand the withdrawal of UK involvement in the Ilisu dam project, a human rights disaster in the making.[more]

16th Jan: ILISU DAMNED OVER ARCHAEOLOGICAL/CULTURAL IMPACTS
The World Archaeological Congress today released a letter to Tony Blair, condemning the Ilisu dam....[more].

8th Jan: RALLY FOR THE KURDS
Rally against the Ilisu Dam in Wales, 27 January 2001 [more].

17th Dec: PRESS RELEASE...
Campaign calls on Byers to drop controversial Ilisu Dam scheme as new export credit guidelines are released [more]

27TH Nov 2000 : Dear Mr Caborn...
A personal view from Mark Thomas about the Minister for Trade Richard Caborn [more].

20th Nov 2000 : URGENT ACTION!
Recent media coverage on dams - and particularly Ilisu offers a great opportunity to pile on pressure.
[ACT NOW!].

31st Oct 2000 : UCATT unequivocally states opposition to Dam
Announced at the Ilisu Dam public rally, the premier trade union for construction workers issues a "Green Ban" on the Ilisu Dam project [more]

23rd Oct 2000 : Ilisu Fact Finding Mission Returns
An international Fact Finding Mission of NGOs visited the Ilisu area from the 9th-16th Oct. [Read the preliminary report]
[Read their letter to the DTI]

Oct 2000 : NEW Photos of Hasankeyf
View new photos of the medieval town of Hasankeyf due to be flooded by the Ilisu Dam [click here]

26th Sept 2000 : Swedish Company Pulls Out Of Ilisu Dam...
Swedish construction company, Skanska, has backed out of the Ilisu Dam project to protect its environmental reputation. [more]

6th Sept 2000 : Leaked report reveals major problems with Dam
The Dam will destroy the homes and affect the livelihoods of 70,000 or more people - up to three times more than first thought.[more]

NEW GOVERNMENT REPORT DAMNS UK INVOLVEMENT IN THE ILISU DAM!
[Support our URGENT ACTION now!]
[Read the report]

June 2000 : Over 1,700 signed postcards delivered to Downing St
See the photo and more info [click here]

18th May 2000 : Kurdish children protest
Kurdish children protest at the offices of Balfour Beatty, London...

18th May 2000 : Dam project stalled? No! Read between the lines...
Recent publicity has suggested the UK government is shying away from backing the Ilisu Dam project. But we don't read the signs the same way... please read our new statement to supporters, and our recent newspaper letter.

12th May 2000 : DTI Gets First Taste of Campaign
The Ilisu Dam Campaign gets officially launched outside the DTI. The Kurdish community use this opportunity to deliver [letters to Stephen Byers]

12th May 2000 : Statement by Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London
Jean Lambert is opposed to the construction of the Ilisu Dam for [3 key reasons...]

9th May 2000 : Balfour Beatty Gets Shut Down!
Campaigners shut down the Balfour Beatty AGM in style.
[read Mark Thomas's report]

Benefit Gig
Comedy benefit night for the Ilisu Dam Campaign, 15th May, Comedy Store London. Bill includes: Rich Hall, Lee Hurst, Rob Newman & Mark Thomas.
[more info]

7th May 2000 : Company Profiles Now Online
Everything you ever wanted to know about everyone who's behind the Ilisu Dam.
[click here]

New Steve Bell Cartoon
Check out Steve Bell's cartoon for the Ilisu Dam Campaign.
[click here]