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A shepherd graze of sheep herd in front of the Zeynel Bey Shrine (1473) which is carried to new Hasankeyf settlement from the old town after the hydro electric power plant project in Batman, Turkey, 25 December 2019. Turkey's second-largest hydroelectric dam project is being filled with the Tigris River despite protests. A 300-square-kilometer lake will be spawn by the 1820-meter long, 135-meter high Ilisu dam when the project is completed. therefore a new settlement was built three kilometres away because the historic town of Hasankeyf will be almost completely inundated. People were relocated there over the course of the end 2019. Also some historical monuments such as Er Rizk Mosque, Zeynel Bey Shrine and a castle gate were moved to the new settlement in this process. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA/EFE)
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