Surviving Society

When a dam on the Tigris burst in 2018, waters rushed towards Amed, Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city. In its aftermath, the Turkish state claimed there were no casualties. Speaking with environmental justice campaigners and farmers (Samed Uçaman, Doğan Hatun and Zeki Kanay), Eray Çaylı reveals how this claim was based on dodgy accounting. Delving into the depths of this case, he explores Turkey’s long history of using water as a tool of war and treating Kurdistan as a laboratory for resource extraction. But, as we’ll hear from conversations with Amed residents like Berivan Arslan, these riverbanks are also fertile sites of struggle against the tide of Turkish state violence.   Useful Links Amed Ecology Association: https://x.com/Ekolojidernek?t=Epz5LkL0-yvwYUmUH5kbzQ&s=09 Coordination Council of Amed-based Professional Organizations: https://x.com/Amedikk?t=UwLb2R72f0soPzMpJntY8g&s=09 Turkey’s State of Emergency (Documentary on the "commune field"):  https://youtu.be/v11PuSvpaUY?s