* Ilisu Dam o Mark had previously helped the campaign to prevent the building of the Ilisu dam in Turkey o After the show a woman called up asking for Mark to speak about Ilisu at a public meeting in the House of Lords o Mark plans to tell them exactly what he thinks but it didn’t quite go like that o Mark asks the first lord he speaks to (Eric) why he isn't finding out more about human rights abuses in Turkey. Asks why he isn't going out there o He says he'd love to but he's been banned by the Turkish authorities for writing articles about human rights issues in Turkey o Mark says it needs a concerted campaign. He agrees and suggests that Mark is the right person to organise it. o So Mark helps organise the Ilisu Dam Campaign worked with loads of people o Buy shares in Balfour Beatty and go to their AGM o Giles Smiles came along who is The Big Issue seller at Clapham South. He said what right have they got to make 78,000 Kurds homeless. o Lord Avebury (Eric) came along too. o The campaign won, beating three mutinationals, the Turkish government and a Swiss Bank * Yusefeli Dam o Find out about another dam in the back of a Trade & Industry select report + "We are seeking ECGD Buyer Credit support for up to £68 milllion." - Letter from AMEC plc to Trade & Industry Select Committee, 3 November 2000. o Another Dam in Turkey in the North East of the county, displacing 15,000 Georgians. o When you build a dam you have to discuss the impact with the locals that may be affected o "Turkey is obliged to inform Georgia about common discussion of Environmental Impact Assessment,. Georgian side were not informed about construction of Yusefeli dam" - Georgian Ministry of Environment o Turkey have a terrible human rights record o Dams have bad environmental impact o World Commission on Dams brought out a report saying that no-one could prove they were environmentally friendly o Phoned up AMEC and asked to meet their chief exec, Peter Mason o Nick Welsh, Head of Corporate Affai...