By Katharina Höhendinger
Although using the waters by way of the 3 riparian nations has been topic to discussions because the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, severe difficulties didn’t emerge until eventually the Sixties, whilst the midstream and upstream international locations, Syria and Turkey respectively, initiated initiatives for constructing the waters of the Euphrates. the main huge and impressive between those initiatives is the Southeast Anatolian venture (Güneydogu Anadolu Projesi, hole) that comprises either the Euphrates and the Tigris. Its centerpiece is the Atatürk Dam and hydroelectric strength plant that still includes a massive irrigation scheme. Syria and Iraq are strongly against this venture simply because they worry that Turkey’s consumptive use of the Euphrates waters will disrupt either the present intake styles and destiny plans of the 2 downstream international locations. The dispute concerning the venture among the 3 international locations has been occurring for many years and taken Turkey and Syria to the threshold of struggle in 1998.
In this essay, first the significance of the Euphrates-Tigris basin for the water politics of the 3 riparian states is proven. Then the Southeast Anatolian undertaking and its implications for the sector are defined. An research of the clash that emerged among Turkey, Syria and Iraq follows. whereas a few authors heavily doubt that the dispute may well result in a major conflict together with army capacity among the 3 states , others are hugely serious about this threat . a practical overview of the clash strength inherent within the dispute at the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris has to take the new adjustments within the zone - specifically the implications of the 2003 Iraqi conflict and the problem by means of the USA in the direction of Syria - into account. This attempt is made within the concluding a part of this essay.
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