Research Article

USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN

Volume: 5 Number: 1 August 24, 2026
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USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN

Abstract

State-wide decentralization of irrigation began in Türkiye in 1994 with the establishment of water user associations (WUA) in Harran as pilot projects. Besides cutting down costs, democratic, local, participatory irrigation management by users was embraced in the Master Plan of the South Eastern Anatolia Project as a vehicle for ameliorating severe income disparities among farmers by modernizing the clan (aşiret) based, hierarchical, traditional production relations dominating the region. However, in response to elite capture, mounting corruption and budget deficits, Law # 7139 legislated in 2018 returned WUA administration to the State Hydraulic Works (SHW). In the meanwhile, total privatization of irrigation management has emerged as a theme in the literature and a possibility for the future. Therefore, this paper presents Harran farmers’ preferences between state, user and private sector managed irrigation models. The first survey was held in 2013, after implementation of the Water User Associations Law #6172, introduced to remedy administrative problems. The latter survey was conducted in 2019, following the return of WUAs’ administrative duties to the SHW. In both surveys, farmers have displayed strong preference for state managed irrigation while the skewed power relations among users have been indicative of the underlying reason.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architecture (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 24, 2026

Submission Date

July 30, 2026

Acceptance Date

August 21, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 5 Number: 1

APA
İlal, B., & Erkut, G. (2026). USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN. Karesi Journal of Architecture, 5(1). https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK
AMA
1.İlal B, Erkut G. USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN. KJA. 2026;5(1). https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK
Chicago
İlal, Banu, and Gülden Erkut. 2026. “USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN”. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5 (1). https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK.
EndNote
İlal B, Erkut G (August 1, 2026) USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5 1
IEEE
[1]B. İlal and G. Erkut, “USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN”, KJA, vol. 5, no. 1, Aug. 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK
ISNAD
İlal, Banu - Erkut, Gülden. “USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN”. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5/1 (August 1, 2026). https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK.
JAMA
1.İlal B, Erkut G. USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN. KJA. 2026;5. Available at https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK.
MLA
İlal, Banu, and Gülden Erkut. “USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN”. Karesi Journal of Architecture, vol. 5, no. 1, Aug. 2026, https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK.
Vancouver
1.Banu İlal, Gülden Erkut. USER PREFERENCES FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT MODELS IN HARRAN. KJA [Internet]. 2026 Aug. 1;5(1). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43NE25TK

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