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Southeastern Anatolia Project

Index Southeastern Anatolia Project

The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi, GAP) is a multi-sector integrated regional development project based on the concept of sustainable development for the 9 million people (2005) living in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 91 relations: Accession of Turkey to the European Union, Adıyaman Province, Agriculture, Ankara, Atatürk Dam, Çamgazi Dam, Çetintepe Dam, Şanlıurfa Province, Şırnak Province, Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline, Barley, Batman Dam, Batman Province, Birecik Dam, Cizre Dam, Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property, Cotton, Counterterrorism, Dicle Dam, Diyarbakır Province, Drip irrigation, Economic growth, Economic inequality, Education, Electric potential energy, Environmental justice, Euphrates, European Union, Fishing, Forestry, Fullscreen (aspect ratio), Garzan Dam, Gaziantep Province, Hancağız Dam, Harran, Hasankeyf, Health, Hydroelectricity in Turkey, Hydropower, Ilısu Dam, Ilısu Dam Campaign, Iraq, Iraq War, Irrigation, Karakaya Dam, Karkamış Dam, Kayacık Dam, Keban Dam, Kilis Province, Kralkızı Dam, ... Expand index (41 more) »

  2. Dams in Turkey
  3. Economic history of Turkey
  4. Euphrates
  5. Hydroelectricity in Turkey
  6. Irrigation in Turkey
  7. Planned developments
  8. Reservoirs in Turkey
  9. Southeastern Anatolia Region
  10. Tigris River
  11. Turkish Kurdistan
  12. Upper Mesopotamia
  13. Water supply and sanitation in Turkey

Accession of Turkey to the European Union

Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state, following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the EU, on 14 April 1987.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Accession of Turkey to the European Union

Adıyaman Province

Adıyaman Province (Adıyaman ili, Parêzgeha Semsûr) is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Adıyaman Province are southeastern Anatolia Region and Turkish Kurdistan.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Adıyaman Province

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Agriculture

Ankara

Ankara, historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but first by the urban area (4,130 km2).

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Ankara

Atatürk Dam

The Atatürk Dam (Atatürk Barajı), originally the Karababa Dam, is the third largest dam in the world and it is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Atatürk Dam are irrigation in Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Atatürk Dam

Çamgazi Dam

Çamgazi Dam is a dam in Adıyaman, Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Çamgazi Dam

Çetintepe Dam

The Çetintepe Dam is a gravity dam under construction on the Ortasu River (a tributary of the Hezil River) in Uludere district of Şırnak Province, southeast Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Çetintepe Dam

Şanlıurfa Province

Şanlıurfa Province (Şanlıurfa ili; Parêzgeha Rihayê), also known as Urfa Province, is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Şanlıurfa Province are southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkish Kurdistan and Upper Mesopotamia.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Şanlıurfa Province

Şırnak Province

Şırnak Province (Şırnak ili, Parêzgeha Şirnex) is a province in Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Şırnak Province are southeastern Anatolia Region and Turkish Kurdistan.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Şırnak Province

Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline

The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Barley

Batman Dam

Batman Dam is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, built on the Batman River, north of Batman, in southeastern of Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Batman Dam

Batman Province

Batman Province (Batman ili, Parêzgeha Êlihê; Բատմանի զավառ) is a province in Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Batman Province are southeastern Anatolia Region and Turkish Kurdistan.

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Birecik Dam

The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River downstream of Atatürk Dam and upstream of Birecik town west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Birecik Dam

Cizre Dam

The Cizre Dam is a dam being constructed on the Tigris River north of Cizre, Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Cizre Dam

Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property

Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any immovable cultural property are prolonged through carefully planned interventions.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Counterterrorism

Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.

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Dicle Dam

Dicle Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Dicle Dam

Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakır Province (Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır Parêzgeha Amedê) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Diyarbakır Province are southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkish Kurdistan and Upper Mesopotamia.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Diyarbakır Province

Drip irrigation

Drip irrigation or trickle irrigation is a type of micro-irrigation system that has the potential to save water and nutrients by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either from above the soil surface or buried below the surface.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Drip irrigation

Economic growth

Economic growth can be defined as the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Economic growth

Economic inequality

Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

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Education

Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms.

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Electric potential energy

Electric potential energy is a potential energy (measured in joules) that results from conservative Coulomb forces and is associated with the configuration of a particular set of point charges within a defined system.

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Environmental justice

Environmental justice or eco-justice, is a social movement to address environmental injustice, which occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Environmental justice

Euphrates

The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Euphrates are Upper Mesopotamia.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Euphrates

European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and European Union

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Fishing

Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Forestry

Fullscreen (aspect ratio)

Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1.:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Fullscreen (aspect ratio)

Garzan Dam

Garzan Dam is an embankment dam on the Garzan River northeast of Kozluk in Batman Province, Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Garzan Dam

Gaziantep Province

Gaziantep Province (Gaziantep ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Gaziantep Province are southeastern Anatolia Region.

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Hancağız Dam

Hancağız Dam is a dam in Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Hancağız Dam

Harran

Harran is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

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Hasankeyf

Hasankeyf is a town located along the Tigris, in the Hasankeyf District, Batman Province, Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Hasankeyf

Health

Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time.

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Hydroelectricity in Turkey

Hydroelectricity is a major source of electricity in Turkey, due to its mountainous landscape and many rivers.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Hydroelectricity in Turkey

Hydropower

Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Hydropower

Ilısu Dam

The Ilısu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tigris near the village of Ilısu and along the border of Mardin and Şırnak Provinces in Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Ilısu Dam

Ilısu Dam Campaign

The Ilısu Dam Campaign was a UK-based campaign working to stop the construction of the Ilısu Dam on the river Tigris in south east Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Ilısu Dam Campaign

Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Iraq

Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Karakaya Dam

The Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, built on the Euphrates River and completed in 1987.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Karakaya Dam

Karkamış Dam

Karkamış Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Karkamış Dam

Kayacık Dam

The Kayacık Dam impounds the Ayfinar Deresi, one of the two streams that join south of Gaziantep to form the Sajur River.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Kayacık Dam

Keban Dam

The Keban Dam (Keban Barajı) is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Keban Dam are irrigation in Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Keban Dam

Kilis Province

Kilis Province (Kilis ili) is a province in southern Turkey, on the border with Syria. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Kilis Province are southeastern Anatolia Region.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Kilis Province

Kralkızı Dam

Kralkızı Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey in Batman.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Kralkızı Dam

Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Kurdistan Workers' Party

Lentil

The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is an edible legume.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Lentil

Mardin Province

Mardin Province (Mardin ili; Parêzgeha Mêrdîn; محافظة ماردين) is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Mardin Province are southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkish Kurdistan and Upper Mesopotamia.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Mardin Province

Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, also known as Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 until the Surname Law of 1934 (1881 – 10 November 1938), was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

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Natural environment

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Natural environment

One-party period of the Republic of Turkey

The one-party period of the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye'de tek partili dönem) began with the formal establishment of the country in 1923.

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PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Power station

Public finance

Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Public finance

Public participation (decision making)

Citizen participation or public participation in social science refers to different mechanisms for the public to express opinions—and ideally exert influence—regarding political, economic, management or other social decisions.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Public participation (decision making)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014.

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Reservoir

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Rural area

Sırımtaş Dam

The Sırımtaş Dam is a gravity dam and one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Sırımtaş Dam

Siirt Province

Siirt Province, (Siirt ili, Parêzgeha Sêrtê; Սղերդ զավառ) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Siirt Province are southeastern Anatolia Region and Turkish Kurdistan.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Siirt Province

Silvan Dam

Silvan Dam is an embankment concrete-face rock-fill currently under construction on the Batman River in the district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in southeastern Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Silvan Dam

Sluice

A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Sluice

Southeastern Anatolia Region

The Southeastern Anatolia Region (Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Southeastern Anatolia Region

Standard of living

Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Standard of living

Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Standard-definition television

Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Sustainability

Sustainable development

Sustainable development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Sustainable development

Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Syria

TBMM TV

TBMM TV, or Parliament TV, is a Turkish TV channel which broadcasts discussions held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; the channel shares frequencies with TRT 3.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and TBMM TV

Tigris

The Tigris (see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. Southeastern Anatolia Project and Tigris are Tigris River and Upper Mesopotamia.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Tigris

TRT 2

TRT 2 (TRT 2) is a Turkish culture and art television channel.

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TRT 3

TRT 3 is a Turkish television channel.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and TRT 3

Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

See Southeastern Anatolia Project and Turkish language

Turkish lira

The lira (Türk lirası; sign: ₺; ISO 4217 code: TRY; abbreviation: TL) is the official currency of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, as well as one of the two currencies used in northern Syria under the country's interim government.

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Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu) is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Development Programme

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia constitutes the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.

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Water politics

Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by the availability of water and water resources, a necessity for all life forms and human development.

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Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.

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576i

576i is a standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for digitizing analogue television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz.

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See also

Dams in Turkey

Economic history of Turkey

Euphrates

Hydroelectricity in Turkey

Irrigation in Turkey

Planned developments

Reservoirs in Turkey

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Tigris River

Turkish Kurdistan

Upper Mesopotamia

Water supply and sanitation in Turkey

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia_Project

Also known as GAP Project, Soultheastern Anatolia Project, South East Anatolia Project, South-East Anatolia Agricultural Irrigation Project, Southeast Anatolia Project, TRT GAP.

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