Yusufeli Dam: Is Turkey blackmailing ECAs over lowered standards because of Ilisu?

(Amis de la Terre France, Paris, 27 October 2007) The guarantees approved this summer by the ECAs of Switzerland, Germany and Austria for another very controversial Turkish dam, Illisu, have created pressures from Turkey to lower the standards for the Yusufeli dam project, and also the standards of the OECD which these ECAs must respect.