Hydroelectric Power plant is threating South of Turkey
The Yuvarlakcay river boasts one of the most beautiful, crystal-clear rivers in the southwest of Turkey. Unfortunately, this green environment with many unique and monumental trees is now under real danger due to a Hydroelectric Power Plant project on the river.
Yuvarlakcay’s spring is under a large plane tree and is 10 °C year around. The flow is at the moment 3500 liters per second and just enough to feed the natural wild life and the argiculture fields spread in 6 villages along the river. It flows into the lake of Koycegiz, which is connected to the Mediteranean Sea by the famous river reed bedded delta of Dalyan.
The spring area is a favourite place for a lot of people: the locals come here to seek for cool temperatures during hot summers, having picnics. Thousands of toursists from all over the world visit this small paradise during their holiday in Koycegiz, Sarigerme, Marmaris, Gocek and Dalyan, all admiring the beauty of this pure nature.
The Yuvarlakcay river is boosting the unique nature and wild life in the surrounding area. Many very old Plane trees, Sandal trees, Amber trees, Gum trees, special dragonflies (59% of Turkish population lives in the East of Mugla province) which have already an IUCN status, Otters (lutra lutra), especialy at the spring and the mouth of the river, Chameleons, Kingfishers, Dahl’s Whipsnakes, inverted tulips, black tulips and many more species of Mother nature can be observed here.
If the power plant project is realised, this nature rich area will end into another dry area of Turkey. Recently, 10 of the 45 officially-declared monumental Plane trees (only being awared in 2003) and about 850 red pine trees have already been cut down; some of the remaining monumental plane trees will be burried under water in the small dam lake and some will dry out due to lack of water after the dam. Some of these trees are more then 300 years old!
The south of Turkey has more then enough sunhours and wind to produce a more sustainable energy instead of building another power plant in this green area.
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