Transition from Enmity to  ‘Common Fate’ Rhetoric:  Water Issue in Turkish-Iraqi-Syrian Relations

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doi:https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000226

Makale detayları

Transition from Enmity to ‘Common Fate’ Rhetoric: Water Issue in Turkish-Iraqi-Syrian Relations

Yazarlar:

Özden Zeynep OKTAV

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.71-90

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668628

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-5382

pISSN:

0544-1943

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000226

Özet:

 

Starting from the fact that the water issues are the ones which challenge traditional security understanding, this article tries to analyze the basic reason s  why Turkey, Syria and Iraq have not come to an agreement over the fair distribution of Euphrates-Tigris waters so far. The study presupposes that despite the rapprochement between Turkey, Iraq and Syria on the basis of ‘common fate’ rhetoric and good neighborhood strategy, water still exists as a dormant issue due to the security oriented priorities of the three countries. In addition, the ambitious plans of each country to divert the waters of the Euphrates-Tigris waters, and the lack of legally binding agreement are among the other reasons. The argument of the study is that the current problem of water between three countries is more than a resource problem; therefore, the GAP project is one of the concerns of the article. In addition, the article will focus on the fact that, unlike the 1990s, the three neighboring countries’ previous negative rhetoric and attitude in dealing with their problems regarding water shortage have changed, to a large extent, into a positive one.

Makale detayları

Transition from Enmity to ‘Common Fate’ Rhetoric: Water Issue in Turkish-Iraqi-Syrian Relations

Yazarlar: Özden Zeynep OKTAV

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi: The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.71-90

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2009

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000668628

Sıklık: Yıllık

eISSN: 2667-5382

pISSN: 0544-1943

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000226

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Özden Zeynep OKTAV

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.71-90

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668628

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-5382

pISSN:

0544-1943

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000226