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.
Sources
- What Does the Future of the Euphrates Spell for the Middle East? (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148111004496 (sciencedirect.com)
- https://e360.yale.edu/features/turkeys-dam-building-spree-continues-at-steep-ecological-cost (e360.yale.edu)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245395915_Southeastern_Anatolia_Project_GAP_of_Turkey_and_Regional_Development_Applications (researchgate.net)
- https://www.iemed.org/publication/gap-a-grand-design-for-sustainable-development/ (iemed.org)