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They also have two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Why should upstream nations deny them fresh water and then tell them to use ocean water? Tur

They also have two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Why should upstream nations deny them fresh water and then tell them to use ocean water? Turkey has built major dams to deny water to Syria, Iraq, and Kuwait, and no one cares because Turkey is a strong NATO member. Turkey also has access to the sea, fyi. Maybe you should recommend they desalinate water and let the fresh water flow again?

objektif 5y ago
May be only if Syria, Iraq, and other oil rich countries let free oil and gas flow to Turkey. I wish what you said was that easy.
- lovemenot 5y ago
  Syria has oil?
  - objektif 5y ago
    Much more than most countries and certainly more than Turkey.
steelframe 5y ago
> Why should upstream nations deny them fresh water and then tell them to use ocean water? This is the premise of "water right" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_right), and as freshwater scarcity exacerbates, it's why a lot of people are anticipating armed conflicts over land on which freshwater exists.