The Turkish government's Southeastern Anatolia Project is a $32 billion scheme to build 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric plants on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Notes on verification
Consistently corroborated across academic, journalistic, and encyclopedic sources including a peer-reviewed article, Yale E360, ResearchGate, IEMed, and Wikipedia. Core figures (22 dams, 19 hydroelectric plants, $32 billion) match across multiple independent sources. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.9 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on Official Turkish government/DSİ project figures for GAP, reported consistently since the 1980s-2000s (upstreams: Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), GAP Regional Development Administration) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- What Does the Future of the Euphrates Spell for the Middle East? (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148111004496 (corroboration)
- https://e360.yale.edu/features/turkeys-dam-building-spree-continues-at-steep-ecological-cost (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245395915_Southeastern_Anatolia_Project_GAP_of_Turkey_and_Regional_Development_Applications (corroboration)
- https://www.iemed.org/publication/gap-a-grand-design-for-sustainable-development/ (corroboration)