Water, escaping sovereignty : the hydropolitics of the Tigris-Euphrates river and Turkish state formation
thesis
posted on 2000-01-01, 00:00authored byLori Narrelle. Snowden
Develops a critical analysis of the domestic and international factors influencing the process of Turkish state formation. Focuses on the political economy of water resource development along the Tigris-Euphrates river basin, shared by the three riparian states, Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Turkey's large-scale development of the river is characterised as a state making imperative, highlighting the needs to improve regional resource diplomacy.