Table of Contents

Part I. National framework. - 1. Turkey's water policy framework.- 2. Strategic role of water resources for Turkey.- 3. Challenges for Turkey to implement the EU water framework directive.- 4. Water for energy: Hydropower is vital for Turkey.- 5. Liberalization of Turkey's hydroelectricity sector: Insitutional changes and the private companies.- 6. Water for agriculture: A major and inefficient consumer.- 7.Turkey's policy for combatting water pollution.- 8. Environmental impact assessment in Turkish dam planning.- 9. The role of NGOs in promoting integrated river basin management in Turkey:- A case study of the Konya Closed Basin.- Part II. International cooperation on Turkey's transboundary rovers.- 10. The water dimension in turkish foreign policy.- 11. Turkey's water diplomacy: A theoretical discussion.- 12. Turkey's position towards international water law.- 13. Meric river basin: Transboundary water cooperation at the border between the EU and Turkey.- 14. Coruh river basin: Hydropower development and transboundary cooperation.- 15. Kura-Aras river basin: Burgeoning transboundary water issues.- 16. Euphrates-Tigris river system: Political rapprochement and transboundary water cooperation. 17. Orontes river basin: Downstream challenges and prospects for cooperation.- 18. Conclusion Part II: Cooperation on Turkey's transboundary waters: Analysis and recommendations.