The GAP and human rights : Turkey's successes and conflicts with sustainable development in the Kurdish region of Southeast Anatolia
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Date
2006-02
Authors
Hill, Julia Elizabeth
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The Turkish government first presented plans for the Southeast Anatolian Project (GAP
by its Turkish acronym) in 1979. The project has built dams and hydroelectric plants on
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southeastern Turkey as a means to increase electricity
generation and agricultural productivity. Full-scale civil war between the Turkish
government and Kurdish separatists started in 1984, prompting a reevaluation of GAP
goals. The GAP has since expanded to include human development projects as an
attempt to quell regional violence and transform the poorest and most traditional region
of the country into an integral part of the modem Turkish state. This thesis explores how
the GAP has affected Kurdish rights in the region, where there is room for improvement
in the GAP, and if sustainable development projects such as the GAP can be effective in
reducing regional sectarian violence.
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v, 73 p. A THESIS Presented to the Department of International Studies and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, February 2006. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: SCA Archiv Hill 2006
Keywords
Guneydogu Anadolu Projesi (Turkey), Southeastern Anatolia Project (Turkey), GAP, Sustainable development -- Turkey, Kurds -- Turkey, Human rights -- Turkey