GAP, Southeast Anatolia Project, English Greatanatolia Project, referred to as GAP, this project is proposed by the National General Administration of Water Conservancy Engineering, the main agency of the Turkish government for national water resources planning, engineering construction and operation, which is an overall river basin development project based on water resources development. The www.biquge.info included the construction of a series of dams on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers for irrigation and power generation.

The project is located in a hot and dry climate, with an average altitude of 1,500-2,000 meters, and the geomorphological features are mainly mountainous and basins and plains formed by river erosion. After the completion of the GAP project, regional water diversion will be realized through diversion canals and tunnels, which can provide a large amount of water resources to the central and eastern regions every year, and alleviate the water pressure in economically developed areas.

As the main natural resources development agency of the state, the State Administration of Water Conservancy Engineering is responsible for the management of all surface and groundwater resources and part of public land owned by the state. They have long been aiming at the convenience of these two rivers, and have planned this project, which includes 22 dams, 19 hydropower stations, with a total installed capacity of 7,476MW, an annual power generation of 27,345GWh, and an irrigation area of 1,693,000 square kilometers.

Such a large-scale hydropower project is a great event for the benefit of the entire Turkish nation! For example, if the power station is completed, more than half of the country's electricity can be used to generate electricity, which is very important for Turkey, which is poor in resources, and at the same time, the increase in water sources to irrigate the land can also allow Turkey to continue to increase its grain production and become an emerging grain exporter.

However, this project has been proposed for many years, and has not been implemented, even in later generations, only three dams and two hydropower stations have been built, with an installed capacity of 3,200 MW, power generation of 16,254 GWh, and an irrigation area of up to 36,945 square kilometers, which is quite different from the plan.

Among them, in addition to the problem of funding sources, the most important thing is the strong opposition of other countries, namely Iraq and Syria!

The Euphrates and Tigris rivers are the cradle of Middle Eastern civilization, the ancient Middle Eastern civilization, which originated in the mountains of eastern Turkey, less than 80 kilometers apart, and flowed southeast through northern Syria and Iraq and into the Persian Gulf.

If the Turks develop hydropower projects at the source of these two river basins, the Turks will be able to reap all the benefits, hydropower and irrigation, but their transitional use of the water in the rivers will inevitably lead to a reduction or even depletion of the water in the lower reaches of the rivers! In this case, Turkey in the upper reaches is eating meat, and Syria and Iraq in the lower reaches can only go ****.

Therefore, after Turkey proposed such a project, Syria and Iraq expressed their resolute opposition, and if Turkey wanted to build such a hydropower project, it would undoubtedly be declaring war on Syria and Turkey!

Therefore, although Turkey has been brewing countless times, it has never been implemented. But now, the situation is different!

One of the biggest opposition countries, Iraq, is in a state of war! Saddam Hussein was killed in the war, and the Iraqi government forces are losing and retreating, so at this time, even if the Iraqis oppose it, then they have no substantive action to oppose Turkey at all! What is there to be afraid of a government that is about to perish?

As for the Kurds? What do they have to say now? They have not yet won the Iraq War with the United States and shared the fruits of the war! The Kurds, even if they raise objections, are not qualified!

As for the United States? This is Turkey's internal affair, and the United States will not be too lenient, right? Turkey has joined NATO and has to listen to the United States militarily, but in the political affairs of such a country, Turkey has the right to choose its own.

So, this hydropower project in Turkey, there is very little resistance, only Syria remains! Syria's current focus is still on the confrontation with Israel, which is the real feud, and in the absence of Iraq's joint advance, Syria will at most pay lip service to denounce it, and should not resort to force.

In this way, Turkey can take advantage of this opportunity to completely build the hydropower station! After the construction of this hydropower station, it will play a great role in promoting Turkey's economic development!

Moreover, faintly, Efren also felt that only in this way would it be enjoyable, after all, the United States had wronged Turkey too much! By doing so, it can be regarded as disgusting to the United States, and the Americans can only let this situation go. Hum!

The recent actions of the United States have really disappointed Turkey, and they are doing it now for their own national interests.

"General, if we invest now, because we didn't plan in advance, I'm afraid the country won't be able to come up with too much money to invest." Just then, one of the staff members spoke to Efron.

If the project is fully implemented, the investment required is astronomical, and it will take several years of Turkey's GDP.

"We can attract private investment, or we can attract investment from other countries, and after that, we can promise profits for 10 years." Efren said.

Despite his military background, Efren has a keen political acumen, and now this opportunity must be seized, and the hydropower project must be fully launched as soon as possible, so other ways are needed to invest, especially in other countries! In this way, this project can be turned into an international project, and if Syria and Iraq want to oppose it, it will also become an opposition to several developed countries in the world.

"Yes." The staff replied that this was indeed the way to go.

In international struggles, not only military struggles, but also economic and political struggles, it is even more important!

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Iranian-Turkish border, an unknown hill.

It is surrounded by rolling hills, and this geographical location determines that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as there is a small number of guerrillas, it can have a great impact. Fighting in such a mountainous terrain is a headache for all armies.

Many of the mountains are still undeveloped, and the lush trees have turned this place into a unique landscape of nature, and at this time, although the border is tense and there is a war at any time, it still carries the tranquility of nature.

A group of people, walking in the woods on the dead branches that had fallen to the ground, they were heavily armed and highly vigilant, these people were dressed in the national costume of the Kurds, with turbans, and the one at the head had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a very thick mustache, and bright eyes. (To be continued.) )