The nation’s plan to control its most precious resource includes a controversial dam that will drown some of its history. The ancient town of Hasankeyf sits on the bank of the Tigris River.

The 453-foot-high dam will hold back the waters of the Tigris just before it flows into Syria and Iraq, creating a massive 121-square-mile reservoir that will raise the water level in Hasankeyf ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed a fourth-century Roman military structure in southeastern Turkey, confirming historical records of the fortress's construction during the reign of Emperor Constantius II.