Water Conflicts in Northern Syria

Authors : Sinan UZUNDUMLU, Oğuzhan AKYENER

Pages : 58-61

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Publication Date : 2017-08-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Water although usually is not considered as the most important fluid in the public view,  its importance and staminality can easily be understood during the privation. In today’s  world, while some regions have plenty of water, in the other side, some parts are being  lack of it. As mentioned above, the importance of water can be understood, while losing it. Then  water becomes one of the most strategic items for countries, when there is a risk of  drought. Turkey is one of the luckiest countries having plenty of fresh water resources. And  some of its resources are huge rives flowing to the neighbor countries. Euphrates is one of them. It has more than 2800 km’s length and nearly 1 tones per  second flow rate. It flows from Turkey to Northern Syria. To control the river, Turkey  has Ataturk Dam in its borders. And in Syria there are Tishrin and Euphrates Dams in  the entrance of the lake. There are many conflicts experienced between Syria and Turkey  related with the utilization and flow rate homogeneity of the river. Currently, in the international public view, a new unfair perceptional operation is tried  to be activated against Turkey, which claims that: • Turkey has cut the Euphrates and all the Northern innocent Syrians are left in  a situation of being lack of water. • They are snatching to death due not to be able to reach drinking water. • Turkey is delinquent according to the 64/292 numbered decision of UN Res olution Agreement However, these accusations are directed and organized/financed by some dirty enemies  of the humanity and the peace. And they are all unfair perceptions. In this study, the situation of the current due dynamics in the region will be described  and by evaluating the due UN resolution, accusations among the Turkey will be rebutted.
Keywords : water conflicts, northern syria