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Turkey revives stalled $32 billion GAP dam and irrigation project

                   
csmonitor.com
May 27, 2008
        
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The initiative is designed to boost the restive southeast, where rebels have capitalized on residents' economic grievances to build support. On Tuesday, some 80 years after Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, first proposed tapping the storied Tigris and Euphrates for energy, the... [read full story]                    

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Turkey Hopes Planned Dam Generates More Than Electricity

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Southeast eagerly awaits GAP plan

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Turkey Hopes Planned Dam Generates More Than Electricity

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May 28, 2008
        

Plans to build a massive dam in Turkey have many hopeful that its creation will revive the local economy. "On Tuesday, some 80 years after Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, first proposed tapping the storied Tigris and Euphrates for energy, the government will unveil plans to complete...

                   
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PM's cornucopia for the Southeast

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May 28, 2008
        

only available in modern browsers."); } } PM's cornucopia for the Southeast PLAN UNVEILED: Prime Minister Erdoğan unveils the government's plan to develop the southeast of the country. AA photo PM's cornucopia for the Southeast Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces his government's...

‘A great leap forward’ in the Southeastern Anatolia Project

todayszaman.com
May 27, 2008
        

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is working to speed up the progress on the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), known as both Turkey and the world's largest integrated development project, from this year onward. However, the project was transformed into a multi-sector...

                   

Erdoğan vows to remake Southeast

todayszaman.com
May 27, 2008
        

The resumption of a stalled major development project intended to minimize regional disparity between Turkey's western regions and its impoverished Southeast is not a mere project or a case file, but a historic turning point, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday during his...

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Government determined to complete Southeastern Anatolia Project

turkishdailynews.com.tr
May 27, 2008
        

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is today set to announce the government's action plan to complete the long-suspended Southeastern Anatolia Project, known by its Turkish acronym ... GAP. Predicted to cost YTL 27 billion, the action plan will be funded by revenue...

                   

Turkey Revives Stalled Dam and Irrigation Project, Sites Threatened

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May 27, 2008
        

Hasankeyf, Turkey -- On Tuesday, some 80 years after Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, first proposed tapping the storied Tigris and Euphrates for energy, the government will unveil plans to complete the stalled Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). The $32 billion project is intended...

                   

The sun rises from the East

todayszaman.com
May 26, 2008
        

A package of economic reforms for southeastern Turkey is to be disclosed today and is expected to include mobilizing significant funds to the poverty-ridden eastern region of the country as well as a clear target: completing the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) within five years.

                   

Southeast eagerly awaits GAP plan

todayszaman.com
May 25, 2008
        

A farmer in the southeastern Anatolian city of Şanlıurfa pours a bucket of water on his land to symbolize the scarcity of irrigation that causes a smaller harvest. The government recently announced plans to complete the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), a major sustainable development project...