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La Turchia e la diplomazia dell'acqua

Verre, Filippo LU (2021) In Africana - Rivista di Studi Extraeuropei 27(1). p.181-194
Abstract
Turkey is an exceedingly prosperous nation in terms of water. The Tigris and Euphrates, two of the most famous and iconic watercourses in the Middle East (and beyond), flow from the Anatolian mountains within Turkey's borders. This gives Ankara enormous power in geopolitical terms, especially towards the Arab countries downstream, which have always grappled with worrying water supply crises. Over the past decades, Turkey has invested heavily in Anatolia in order to build imposing dams and hydroelectric power plants capable of using water for productive purposes. The fruit of these investments is the Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi (GAP) or 'South-Eastern Anatolia Project'. It is a complex water infrastructure system capable of generating much... (More)
Turkey is an exceedingly prosperous nation in terms of water. The Tigris and Euphrates, two of the most famous and iconic watercourses in the Middle East (and beyond), flow from the Anatolian mountains within Turkey's borders. This gives Ankara enormous power in geopolitical terms, especially towards the Arab countries downstream, which have always grappled with worrying water supply crises. Over the past decades, Turkey has invested heavily in Anatolia in order to build imposing dams and hydroelectric power plants capable of using water for productive purposes. The fruit of these investments is the Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi (GAP) or 'South-Eastern Anatolia Project'. It is a complex water infrastructure system capable of generating much hydropower and regulating water flow to other Middle Eastern nations. Due to its abundant water resources and, more importantly, given the scarcity of such resources throughout the Arabian Plateau and the Near East, Ankara has long used water as a diplomatic tool to promote foreign policy strategies. In addition to a technical examination of the Turkish GAP, this article will analyse various cases attributable to Turkish 'water diplomacy'.
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27
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  abstract     = {{Turkey is an exceedingly prosperous nation in terms of water. The Tigris and Euphrates, two of the most famous and iconic watercourses in the Middle East (and beyond), flow from the Anatolian mountains within Turkey's borders. This gives Ankara enormous power in geopolitical terms, especially towards the Arab countries downstream, which have always grappled with worrying water supply crises. Over the past decades, Turkey has invested heavily in Anatolia in order to build imposing dams and hydroelectric power plants capable of using water for productive purposes. The fruit of these investments is the Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi (GAP) or 'South-Eastern Anatolia Project'. It is a complex water infrastructure system capable of generating much hydropower and regulating water flow to other Middle Eastern nations. Due to its abundant water resources and, more importantly, given the scarcity of such resources throughout the Arabian Plateau and the Near East, Ankara has long used water as a diplomatic tool to promote foreign policy strategies. In addition to a technical examination of the Turkish GAP, this article will analyse various cases attributable to Turkish 'water diplomacy'.<br/>}},
  author       = {{Verre, Filippo}},
  issn         = {{1592-9639}},
  language     = {{ita}},
  month        = {{12}},
  number       = {{1}},
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  series       = {{Africana - Rivista di Studi Extraeuropei}},
  title        = {{La Turchia e la diplomazia dell'acqua}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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