Variable water in the Iraqi-Turkish relations

Mohammed Aalaoe, Yasser

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2011.15758

	Variable water in the Iraqi-Turkish relations
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 8, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-269 PDF (390.16 K)
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2011.15758
Author
Yasser Mohammed Aalaoe
Abstract
This study deals with water as influential in the Iraqi-Turkish relations, Turkey's policy and the reflection of water on the relations between the two countries. Starting rate of global fresh water and the impact of climate change in the diminished quantity. Passing rate of fresh water in the basins of the Tigris and Euphrates and witnessed by a large variation in conditions of water while Iraq relies entirely and Syria by 80% over the waters of the Tigris and the Euphrates, we find that Turkey has hundreds of other rivers that provide the amount of water equivalent to three times the water of the Tigris and Euphrates. Then deals with research projects built on the Turkish Tigris and Euphrates rivers are short and their importance to Turkey, then displays the serious implications of these projects in Iraq in terms of decreasing the amount of water to the hyphen, and the consequent effects of environmental and health and economic consequences. Thus, research is being a brief history of the Iraqi-Turkish relations to reveal the extent of impact and vulnerability to variable water. Search also displays the evolution of water relations between the countries of the Tigris and Euphrates basins, emphasizing that they have become tense since the beginning of both Turkey and Syria mega projects in the seventies of last century, and worsened in the nineties, which is likely to get worse in the future. The section also deals with the water crisis and its impact on the relations between the countries of the basin through Balmertkzac strategy for Turkey's policy of water, stressing that it is seeking to exploit the water to become a regional power. Then displays the most important stations of tensions over sharing water rivers and to the failure of Iraq and Syria, so far, to obtain recognition of a Turkish express their rights acquired in the rivers. And the political motives of many of the actions of Turkey's water resources. Water relations and the nature of the Iraqi-Turkish Natherha and political crises between Turkey and Syria, and finally coordination to face the Iraqi-Syrian and Turkish projects, trying to rally Arab and international support for these projects and scalable access to Turkey's recognition of their rights. Then concludes that the water will form a large component of future tension in Turkish-Iraqi relations.

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