Region at risk due to divisive water policies

Turkey’s official opening of the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River in the first week of November, as part of its Southeastern Anatolia Project, known as GAP, reveals Ankara’s intent to employ water as a political tool in a dangerous game of competition for power and status in the Middle East. The Turkish mega-dam is part of the GAP project, which consists of 22 dams — 14 on the

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