An Approach to the Reasons and Factors Behind Hydro-hegemony; The Turkish Stance vis-à-vis Syria in the Euphrates Basin Between 1970-2000
Abstract The water-scarcity diverts states to protect their national interests through engaging with hydro-politics and a noticeable strategy realized by capable states is hydro-hegemony. Although it is an effective response, hydro-hegemony entails unfair resource allocations and aggrieves the relatively weaker riparians. The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the hydro-hegemony on a prominen