This book makes clear that water, not oil, is the key to the future of the Middle East. The Southeast Anatolia Development Project (SEAP) begun by Turkey will irrigate over 1.7 million hectares of new land, double its energy production, and provide agricultural surpluses that Turkey hopes to sell to its Arab neighbors.
When SEAP is in full operation, however, the downstream nations will be faced with a greatly reduced flow of water of altered quality in the Euphrates. The war with Iraq has intensified the political significance of the project.
- ISBN10 0809315726
- ISBN13 9780809315727
- Publish Date 26 November 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 324
- Language English