STRUGGLES

home is worth 300,0000 lira, they would pay me roughly 100,000 lira. Everywhere it’s the
same. They pay very little money. In this village no-one has taken any compensation yet. They
haven’t made an offer. They haven’t said where we can live.
CW: Can people do anything in Europe to stop the dam?
The important thing is that they know that we are here because you talk about us. Don’t forget
us.
CW: What do you think about the companies working here?
ecological struggles in bakur
I was born here. I have land and a home here. This company has killed the region and the
area. They treat poor people like animals. This dam won’t bring happiness to the region.
CW: What are the reasons for the building ofthe dam?
I don’t believe it’s for electricity. It’s political. We won't get any benefits from the dam.
CW: Do you have hope that the dam won’t be completed?
I always pray to god that the dam will not be completed. We want nature to stay as it is.
Interviewwith hasankeyf residentAsya Okayand her
daughter
CW: Asya, can you tell us about yourself?
Asya: We are Kurmanji Kurdish. I am 48 years
old. I was born in Gerçus and I got married
and moved here 23 years ago. My mother and
father have died.
CW: What do you think about the dam?
All ofthe women say that they don’t want the
dam. Here is our home. After the dam is
completed we won’t have a home. I don’t know
where we will go. We do not have the money
for a new house in New Hasankeyf. We get
very little money for the houses here. They have
offered 60,000 lira but houses in New Hasankeyf
Asya inside her home in Hasankeyf. Photo by
Corporate Watch, June 2015.
170