Alternative Water Forum

Program Process Started...

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

The program process started for the Alternative Water Forum which will take place on 20-21-22nd of March 2009 at Santralİstanbul .

We will organize the program of the alternative forum with the principle of ‘unity in diversity’ which becomes concrete in the social forum processes. In this respect, if you accept the call of the campaign , you can propose an activity to the alternative water forum in the name of your organization . It is enough to fill and send this form to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Manifesto of European Public Water Network

Monday, 27 October 2008
(European Social Forum in Malmö from 17 to 21 September) TOWARDS A EUROPEAN PUBLIC WATER NETWORK We recognize the Charters of Mexico City (Joint Declaration of the Movements in Defense of Water) and Nairobi and the method of working inclusively and in unity that has characterized the social forums since their birth. In particular we want: 1. Recognition and implementation of the human right to drinking water as necessary for life. Access to water as a universal human right should be included in all constitutions of member countries, and in the basic principles and acts of the European Union. Pre-paid water meters must be forbidden.
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Contested Hydrohegemony: Hydraulic Control and Security in Turkey

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Jeroen Warner

The article seeks to expand the understanding of the emerging concept of hydrohegemony
(Zeitoun and Warner, 2006). Illustrated by Turkey’s strategy with respect to the Euphrates -Tigris
it looks at the layered nature of waterrelated political strategies at different levels.
The article therefore introduces hegemony as a layered henomenon whose multi-level
interactions impinge on each other. It zooms in on Turkish hegemony in its hydraulic control
and security strategies, and the international repercussions of that strategy. The present analysis suggests that Turkey’s basin and regional hegemony is contested and
constrained from different sides, not least at home.

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Pullout from Ilisu officially initiated

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Europeans sent "last warning" to Turkey - an unprecedented diplomatic step -Press Release

Berlin 8.10.2008. Germany, Austria and Switzerland have started the official process of withdrawing financial support for the Ilisu project in Turkey. According to the German Under-Secretary of State, Erich Stather, from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the three countries initiated exit proceedings yesterday by sending an Environmental Failure notice to the Turkish government. From now on, Turkey has 60 days left to fulfil the conditions attached to the Ilisu Project. Non-governmental organisations consider it unlikely that Turkey will fulfil these conditions, that they have been putting off for two years, in just two months.

'Suyuma Dokunma' Leaflets are printed

Thursday, 21 August 2008

We produced the leaflets of our campaign. You can view the big verdions of the leaflet by clicking on the picture below. Please contact us from This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it in order to get leaflets to your local.

The Call For Another Water Management Is Possible Campaign

Thursday, 12 June 2008
Turkey will host a very important meeting in March in 2009. The 5th World Water Forum will be gathering in İstanbul in order to discuss the water policies of the world. In the forum dominated by state administrations and private companies, the entities who have been the creators of the ‘water’ problem so far will seek for the ‘solution’ of the problem. The one of the most important agenda of the forum is that the opening of the water sources and investments such as barrage etc. To the privatization process.
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