s Culture and Natural Asset Protection Board
Top court declares river threatened by new HES project natural protected area
Turkeyâs Council of State approved on June 30 an earlier ruling declaring the Alakır River in the Mediterranean province of Antalya a natural protected area.
A total of four hydroelectric plants (HES), have so far been constructed along the 70-kilometer-long river, which takes its water source from the Bey Mountains, west of Antalya.