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Hasankeyf Frog by Mehmet MasumHasankeyf Frog, by Mehmet Masum

Hasankeyf Frog by Mehmet Masum Suer

Hasankeyf is a small town which had a thousand years past in Batman in the southeast of Turkey. Many valuable historical and cultural works and a thousand historical caves in this town will be under the water of the Dam of Ilisu. Activists of nature, environment and history refuse the building of this dam which is supported by some banks.This frog lives in Hasankeyf. If the dam is done, no longer live.
Hasankeyf, by Mehmet Masum

Hasankeyf, by Mehmet Masum

Just like any other ancient city, Hasankeyf has seen many glorious past events in its history. Here the Romans had built the Cephe fortress. Then it became the Kiphas fortress and a bishopric under the Byzantine Empire. It was conquered by the…
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