ISTANBUL, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said, despite protests that it will displace thousands of people and risks ...

ISTANBUL, May 11 (Reuters) - Turkey will launch the first turbine in Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey next week, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday following a weekly cabinet meeting. "We will start ...

ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turkey has temporarily stopped filling a huge dam on the Tigris River after complaints from neighbouring Iraq, which is suffering water shortages, officials said on Thursday ...

A low head dam on the Turkey River south of Cresco is being transformed into a 350-foot long stretch of rapids. The conversion of Howard County's Vernon Springs dam is the first major dam mitigation ...