Hayk Gabrielyan graduated from Yerevan State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in Օriental Studies and a master's degree in Turkish Studies. In 2023 he successfully completed the doctorate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences). H. Gabrielyan is an expert on Turkey, the author of about 300 scientific and analytical articles on Modern Turkey, written mainly in Armenian, as well as in Russian and English.

• Introduction.- Theoretical framework.- Hydropolicy and hydropolitical interdependence.- Historical and geographical overviews of the Euphrates-Tigris and the Orontes Basins.- The Southeastern Anatolia Project – GAP.- Water conflicts between Turkey, Syria and Iraq in 1980-2000.- Water projects and the Kurds of Turkey.- GAP in the 21th century – Justice and Development Party.- Conclusion.

Hayk Gabrielyan graduated from Yerevan State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in Օriental Studies and a master's degree in Turkish Studies. In 2023 he successfully completed the doctorate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences). H. Gabrielyan is an expert on Turkey, the author of about 300 scientific and analytical articles on Modern Turkey, written mainly in Armenian, as well as in Russian and English.

• Introduction.- Theoretical framework.- Hydropolicy and hydropolitical interdependence.- Historical and geographical overviews of the Euphrates-Tigris and the Orontes Basins.- The Southeastern Anatolia Project – GAP.- Water conflicts between Turkey, Syria and Iraq in 1980-2000.- Water projects and the Kurds of Turkey.- GAP in the 21th century – Justice and Development Party.- Conclusion.

Hayk Gabrielyan graduated from Yerevan State University, receiving a bachelor's degree in Օriental Studies and a master's degree in Turkish Studies. In 2023 he successfully completed the doctorate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences). H. Gabrielyan is an expert on Turkey, the author of about 300 scientific and analytical articles on Modern Turkey, written mainly in Armenian, as well as in Russian and English.

• Introduction.- Theoretical framework.- Hydropolicy and hydropolitical interdependence.- Historical and geographical overviews of the Euphrates-Tigris and the Orontes Basins.- The Southeastern Anatolia Project – GAP.- Water conflicts between Turkey, Syria and Iraq in 1980-2000.- Water projects and the Kurds of Turkey.- GAP in the 21th century – Justice and Development Party.- Conclusion.