water dispute between Turkey and Syria

As one of the famous "two rivers", Euphrates is the largest river inWest Asia. Thanks to nutrition for thousands of years, humans have beenable to thrive in these two river basins. A series of avant-gardecivilizations known to future generations, such as Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, andAssyria, flourished here.

Because the Euphrates was very important to the production and life of humansin the ancient Near East, the name of the Euphrates was engraved on ancientbooks. For example, in the Bible year, the Euphrates and the great riverswere repeatedly mentioned, referring to the Euphrates. In addition, theEuphrates River is also known as the fourth river from the Garden of Eden.

Euphrates River near Harabi, Syria

In the modern Middle East, the importance of the Euphrates River has increasedwith the population explosion and economic prosperity of the basincountries. For example, the Syrian population increased from 2.368 millionin 1937 to 21.124 million in 2011. The population of Turkey also increasedfrom 16.158 million in 1935 to 74.724 million in 2011. Therefore, thedemand for water resources in Syria and Turkey is increasing rapidly, and thedevelopment of surface runoff must be accelerated.

However, the surface runoff that Syria and Turkey depend on