ULUSLARARASI SINIRAŞAN SULARIN DOKTRINLERI BAĞLAMINDA NIL NEHRI HAVZASININ BITMEYEN TARTIŞMALARI

Year 2022, , 895 - 930, 31.12.2022

Yusuf Ali Mohammed

https://doi.org/10.47136/asbuhfd.1050465

Abstract

Ülkelerin havza çapında ortak olarak paylaştıkları sınıraşan su kaynakları ile ilgili çatışan çıkarları dikkate alındığında, çeşitli havza ülkeleri sınıraşan sular ile ilgili farklı uluslararası hukuk teorilerini tercih etmektedir. Bu makale, Nil Nehri Havzası uygulamalarıyla ilgili olarak sınıraşan sularının teorik doktrinine odaklanmaktadır.
Uluslararası sınıraşan suları teorilerini Nil Nehri Havzası ile ilişkilendirmek çabasıyla, bu makale Nil’e kıyıdaş ülkelerin belirli bir Sınıraşan Suları teorisini takip edip etmediklerini ele almaktadır. Nehrin kaynağına doğru ve/veya nehrin akıntı yönünde bulunan ülkeler aynı veya farklı doktriner teoriyi takip ediyor mu, etmiyor mu? Takip ettikleri teorilerin, Nil tartışmasının kökenini göstermede pratik bir önemi var mı, yok mu?
Makale yukarıda bahsedilen konuları ele alırken nihayet Nil Nehri Havzası ihtilafının kaynaklandığı yeri, asla bitmeyen bir Nil tartışmasına yol açan havza ülkelerinin pratik müzakerelerinin, uluslararası teorideki duruşları hakkındaki çatışan ve uzlaşmaz tavırları olarak göstermektedir.

Keywords

Nil Nehri, Nil Çatışması, Nil Nehri, Sınıraşan Suları, Sınıraşan Suların Doktrinleri, Su Çatışması

The Endless Controversies Of The Nile River Basin In The Context Of International Transboundary Watercourse Doctrines

Abstract

Considering the conflicting interests of states over their shared basin-wide transboundary water resources, various basin states follow different international legal theories of transboundary watercourses. This paper focuses on the aforenamed watercourse theories in light of the practices of the Nile River Basin.
In an attempt to correlate the theories of International Transboundary Watercourse vis-à-vis the case of the Nile River basin, this paper addresses whether the Nile riparian countries follow a particular transboundary watercourse theory or not? Whether the upstream and/or downstream countries follow the same or different doctrinal theory or not? Whether the theories they follow have practical significance in showing the origin of where the Nile controversy lies or not?
In addressing the aforementioned issues, this paper finally shows the origin of where the Nile River Basin controversies emanated from — as their conflicting and uncompromising attitudes over their international theoretical standing point, lead their practical basin-wide negotiations to a never-ending Nile controversy.

Keywords

Nile Conflict, Nile River, Transboundary Watercourse, Transboundary Watercourse Doctrines, Water Conflict.

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