mo4ch:>Catch last glimpse of 12,000-old Turkish town before it's devoured by water (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News

The ancient Turkish town of Hasankeyf may soon literally sink into oblivion, likely to be flooded with water from a massive reservoir built behind a dam despite international outcry and calls to stop the project.Ruptly's footage filmed on Saturday shows the ancient city on the banks of the Tigris River as we probably should remember it, since in several months it might no longer be there. The reason is The Ilisu Dam, a part of the South-eastern Anatolian Project (GAP), estimated to generate some 1,200  megawatts of electricity and add $260 million to Turkey's economy every year.READ MORE: ‘Regressive bigotry’: Athens outraged as Ankara launches Koran readings at Hagia SophiaThe filling of the reservoir, with a capacity of more than 10 billion cubic meters, is scheduled to begin next week. It is estimated that the rising water levels will start affecting Hasankeyf and the neighboring village as soon as October, and might submerge them by next April.The launch of the dam will di…