Political Geography Analysis for Turkish Water Policy and Its effect on Iraqi Water Security | ||
| Al-Ma'mon College Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 23, July 2018, Pages 68-89 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mahdi F. Nasir | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Iraq, at the beginning of the seventies of the last century used to gets arevenue water annual rate of (79.8) billion m / 3 which fell in the last decade of the century to 49 billion cubic meters / 3, and studies indicate that in the case of completing Turkish water projects or the so-called the project of south Eastern Anatolia (Cape)which will reduce Iraq's revenues to (14) 3 m for both rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) at a time when Iraq will need around 74 billion m in 3/2030. This would put in a very awkward position. It is noted that the Cape pogect is the second largest project in the world, that consists of 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric stations .The project costs about 32 billion dollars. The study aims to analyze the reality of Turkish water policy with afocus on the most important water completed projects and the objectives of these projects and their impact on water security draw a picture of the future of this policy The proposed study that Turkey pursues a Water policy with economic, political, social and security dimensiong. that have had adverse effects on Iraq and although negotiations lasted between the two countries for more than five decades and the signing of more than the understanding and agreement with Iraq, those understandings and agreements do not include the historical rights Iraq waters in the Tigris and the Euphrates. The study reached some conclusions, notably that successive Turkish governments have given great attention to water projects and even linked the fate of these projects to their future political and electoral programs, and thus achieved a number of objectives, ignoring the Iraqi water rights. | ||
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