Posted by: citizensofculture

Turkish NGO “Allianoi Initiative” led by Professor Ahmet Yaraş, have witnessed the “burying” of Allianoi: only the tops of Allianoi’s excavated walls and columns can be seen poking through as the site is being buried under sand! Workers employed by the Turkish State Waterworks Directorate are filling this outstanding Roman archaeological site with sand before submerging it under the planned reservoir behind the Yortanli irrigation dam whose effective life-span is not expected to exceed 50 years. Europa Nostra Executive President Denis de Kergorlay wrote to top Turkish Government officials to urge a stop to the destruction of Allianoi and a move to develop the area for sustainable cultural and health tourism.


Source: http://www.europanostra.org/news/121/

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