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Originally posted by lynx
Whilst we can all fully understand the need for any farmer to water his crops it is unacceptable that everyone else is left without even a few hours water every day.
Since the farmers were there for generations before you, I doubt you will get much local sympathy.
Of course it is not a good situation but I am sure the farmers have been sourcing their water the same way for many years. You can't move into a community and point fingers at locals in a "you can't do that anymore, we are here" way. Nobody sent you to live in a rural farming area half way up a mountain! Just because you arrived you expect the locals to change their ways and affect their livelihood?
There are ways to help yourselves - reserve tanks, tanks for delivered water, even an artesian well (yes you can, even in Uzumlu).
There is a growing feeling here that outsiders move here because it is just so wonderful, then try to change it to suit themselves.
Brits complain that the locals use all the water, leave their BBQ mess on the beach, spit in the street...
Tough! We are their guests and have no right to move, settle in then point fingers or try to tell the Turkish how they should live their lives to suit ours.