RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST WATER AND TURKEY'S WATER DIPLOMACY


ÇOLAKOĞLU E.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSFORMATION STUDIES, cilt.3, sa.1, ss.37-42, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSFORMATION STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-42
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Turkey has rapidly descended its water resources is located in a region, in the Middle East, has very high level of competition and has occurred numerous examples of conflict in this regard. The people are living in troubled days under increasing water stress, especially even in cases of natural drought occurred in recent years, due to various reasons such as poor water management, increasing population, climate change. In this context, this study is a comprehensive evaluation related to Turkey's water resources in the context of environmental security. It is made comparative analysis of the hydro-politics of the country especially in the context of recent diplomatic initiatives occurred.