Article:

Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of years of Turkish History

Tim Arango, New York Times
September 2, 2016

This article is about the ongoing debate between state leaders who want to
construct a hydroelectric dam in the name of efficiency and progress, and a portion
of the populace that fights to retain its preservation for historical and ecological
causes. The article begins with an anecdote from a man who lives in Hasankeyf,
Turkey. Hasankeyf is one of the ancient towns, still holding residents, that will soon
be submerged under 100 feet of water when the final pieces of the dam are sealed.
The basis behind the dam is a historical one in and of itself, however the protectors
of the status quo in the struggle have reasons that pre- date. The article explains
that the dam has been considered since the 1950s when Mustafa Ataturk was in
power. This is historically significant in that Ataturk is largely considered the
founder of modern Turkey. However, the article explains that the region that will
soon be submerged gains attention for being over 12,000 years old, containing
specific Neolithic artifacts that most likely belonged to one of the oldest human
settlements, and leaves a visible time line of all of the great conquering civilizations
that have overcome it in the past. In addition to the absence of these historical
benefits lost from the submerging of the city, the article speaks on the present and
future ramifications of the dam project. The dam would in fact produce much
needed energy for many Turkish people. Adding to the list of those who scrutinize
the project provided by the article are those officials from nearby Iraq and Syria.
The article makes explicit that turkeys retention of control over the main water
sources in the region has and will cause tension between the three nations.

Book:
A Brief History of NeoLiberalism
2005
David Harvey
Oxford Press
This book asserts that the events and leaders during the years 1978-1980 changed
the way the world operated on a social and economic level. The economic trends in
the 70s lead to several rising leaders in countries like Japan, United States, China
and Great Britain that created separate but similar policies that in hindsight led to
collectively be called the neoliberalist school of thought. The book defines
neoliberalism as an economic theory that believes it is the governments
responsibility to ensure there are appropriate markets for private companies to
compete in. However, a Brief History of Neoliberalism also states that to be

considered a part of this school of thought the central government should not
interfere with markets beyond the bright line definition of initiating or creating
them. Harvey states that this type of policy basically became synonymous with
globalization thoughts and became popular. Leaders like Ronald Reagan, Margaret
Thatcher, and Deng Xiaoping all are assumed to be a part of this base economic
strategy in their own creative ways by David Harvey in this book.

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