Reactions are growing against the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning which has recently announced the Hevsel Gardens as "reserve site of construction" and taken action for building three new hydroelectric power plants on the Dicle River passing through the main Kurdish city Amed/Diyarbakır.

The medieval city walls of Diyarbakır, more than five kilometers long and built by Assyrians five thousand years ago, and the eight thousand years old Hevsel Gardens are on UNESCO's temporary list of world heritage and nominee for inscription on the World Heritage List.

The recent actions of the Ministry will also be protested by the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement which will stage a rally in Amed today under the slogan "HES Êdi Bes".

Following a rally at the central Dağkapı Square, demonstrators will march to the Dicle Bridge early afternoon.

The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has recently taken action for building three new hydroelectric power plants in Tigris Valley which is planned to be included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Ministry made the decision in spite of reactions to the ongoing construction of hydroelectric power plants (HES) in Amed's Kulp and Silvan districts. The building of the new three dams will block the Dicle River from the village of İlbaş to the village of Ambar. The Ministry has also announced the Hevsel Gardens and the forested area between Talay and Mastfroş Hills as "reserve site of construction".