ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, DAMS AND DISPLACEMENT IN SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION, TURKEY

Abstract

Author(s): Şevket ÖKTEN

This study is about the social impacts of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP in Turkish). The aim of this study is to unveil the contradictory nature of development-progress ideology which justifies the big projects and ignore social and environmental impacts of these projects. The main objectives of this study to analyze the impacts of GAP project on local people and get the answer of the question of environmental justice that is, who pay the cast and who reap the benefits? This study has found that though GAP stands as a regional development project, GAP so far could not achieve its target. Due to some structural characteristics of region, Mostly big landlords of this region are getting socio-economic benefits from the development brought by GAP. However, adverse impacts have fallen on the landless and small landholders. This study has also found that the adverse effects of the project are locally concentrated but the remarkable gains are being achieved at the national level.

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