Hasankeyf, Batman province, Turkey : Children play by the ruins of the old bridge by the Tigris river built by the Artuqid Turkmens in the mid-12th ce

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Hasankeyf, Batman province, Turkey : Children play by the ruins of the old bridge by the Tigris river built by the Artuqid Turkmens in the mid-12th century. Completion of the Ilısu Dam will cause the flooding of the majority of the ancient city of Hasankeyf, whose history stretches back over 10,000 years.

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Location: Hasankeyf
Photo credit: © Luis Dafos / Alamy / Afripics
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