TURMEPA TAKES MEASURES TO SAVE LAKE VAN

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 19, 2008

ANKARA, MAY 19, ARMENINS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Lake Van, the fifth
largest lake in Europe, is dying, Internet sites report, saying that
unless urgent measures are taken, the lake will dry up within the next
10-15 years. The Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association
(TURMEPA) has included Lake Van in its project "Limitless Blue" that
has been carried out for two years to save coastlines. As it works
to protect a coastline of 8,333 kilometer from Hopa to Iskenderun,
TURMEPA plans to save Lake Van as well.

The association has organized an event to clean the shores of the lake.