During the 1990s, while Syria and Iraq were calling on Turkey to release more water for agricultural use, the country instead decided to construct dams to foster economic growth in its poorest regions.
Tokom devedesetih godina, kada su Sirija i Irak pozivali Tursku da im pusti više vode u poljoprivredne svrhe, zemlja je odlučila da izgradi brane kako bi potpomogla ekonomski rast u svojim najsiromašnijim regionima.