Balkans: January 9, 2002

Archives

Water politics again. Ankara said that it intends to go ahead and build a controversial undersea water pipeline from mainland Turkey to the Turkish half of divided Cyprus, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyrpus (TRNC). Yes, Cyprus needs the water (the whole island suffers from perennial water shortages). Yes, this is a political kick that says if Cyprus negotiations dont work out, Turkey will keep the TRNC functioning indefinitely.

X

ad

Help keep us a float!

Your support helps us keep our ship a float. We appreciate anyway you chose to help out. Visit us daily, subscribe, donate, and tell your friends.

You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  2. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
  3. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on X.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close