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Project Name - "Random" - Suğla Lake Documentary
Construction Date -
2006, Duration - 00:45:00
Format - Documentary, Color, Turkish, Director - Serkan Akinci
Project Coordinator- ADOKBEL, Project Duration - 7 Months, Project Start Date - 20.06.2005, Project Completion Date - 20.01.2006
4th Istanbul Environment Short Film Festival, Competition Film. 2006
Project topic
Suğla Lake was an important freshwater lake connected to Seydişehir and Yalıhüyük districts in the south-west of Konya province. It was a tectonic lake. In rainy years, its area expanded, and in dry years, the lake dries up and the alluvial lake bottom emerges, creating a good agricultural area. Since 1900, it has been serving the B.S.A (Beyşehir-Suğla-Apa) canal. However, in 1996, D.S.İ decided drying up a part of the lake for agriculture and transforming the lake into a reservoir to store water. With the transformation, its natural structure was deteriorated and the existing biological diversity in the area has been destroyed.
Reasons for the Project
In fact, the area still hosts a rich biodiversity. In addition to bird species such as
Black Stork, Gray Heron, Egret, Stork, Little Stint, Crested Grebe, Ringed Plover, Long-legged Buzzard, Kingfisher and Kestrel, there are also giant spring minnow or Anatolian minnow (Pseudophoxinus anatolicus) an endemic and endangered species on a world scale. However, the area does not have any conservation status. In the villages of Seydişehir and Yalıhüyük districts, intensive agricultural activities are carried out around the lake and fishing.
There is also a serious hunting pressure on the area. Storks, black storks, gray herons, egrets and their flocks that stay in the area during migration periods are among the creatures that have the most share of this pressure. Despite all the pressures and serious deterioration in its natural structure, the area and its inhabitants are trying to survive. In order to protect this area, it is necessary to explain the area and its importance to the people living in the region and to the entire public.
