Skip to main content
Heart Donate
Heart Donate
Search

Support WBUR

Tide Of Arab-Turk Tension Rises Amid Water Shortage

05:05
The massive Ataturk Dam (shown here in 1992), in southeast Turkey, harnesses water for one of the biggest irrigation and electric power schemes in the world. A drought and other factors have created an acute water shortage in the Middle East, and resentment in countries downstream from Turkey is growing. (Corbis)
The massive Ataturk Dam (shown here in 1992), in southeast Turkey, harnesses water for one of the biggest irrigation and electric power schemes in the world. A drought and other factors have created an acute water shortage in the Middle East, and resentment in countries downstream from Turkey is growing. (Corbis)

Related:

Support WBUR

Support WBUR

Listen Live
Loading...