The Southeastern Anatolia Project (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi , GAP) is a multi sector integrated regional development project based on the concept of sustainable development for the 9 million people [ 9 million is 2005 value] living in… Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) of Turkey and Regional Development Applications Mustafa Balat Polatoglu Ap., Kat 6, Besikduzu, Trabzon, Turkey ABSTRACT Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP: Guneydogu Anadolu Projesiin Turkish) is the largest regional development project in Turkey, and also one of the major projects in the world. The project area covers about 27,000 square miles (70,000 sq. Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project is scheduled for completion by 2015.

Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), Turkey Description: Planned for hydroelectric power generation purposes in the 1970s, the Southeastern Anatolia Project (in short GAP Project) has evolved into a multi-purpose one with socio-economic/rural development dimensions after the 1980s. The official main two purposes are the energy production (27000 Gwh/year) and the regional development through irrigated (1,8 Mio ha. SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA PROJECT. land) agroindustrial production for export.

Ilektra Tsakalidou predicts that the project will negatively impact Turkey’s Kurdish community, especially when it comes to economic development and property rights. km) in six provinces of the Anatolia region of Turkey, lying between the Anti-Taurus mountains and the border with Syria: …

Since the 80ies the Turkish state endeavours to implement the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) which consists of large 22 dams on the Euhprates and Tigris Rivers in nine Kurdish provinces.

The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) is being implemented in the Southeastern Anatolia Region which lies to the south of the Eastern Taurus Mountains. Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP: Guneydogu Anadolu Projesi in Turkish) is the largest regional development project in Turkey, and also one of the major projects in the world. A massive integrated regional development scheme for the Euphrates and Tigris river basins in Turkey (in Turkish, G ü ney Anadolu Projesi, or GAP).. The region is a vast area composed mainly of plains and borders on Iraq in the southeast and Syria in the south.