HELMAND HAVZASI HİDROPOLİTİĞİNDE SU SAVAŞLARI ANLATISININ ANALİZİ

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 25, 663 - 699, 24.08.2024

Ahmet Conker

https://doi.org/10.58884/akademik-hassasiyetler.1451502

Öz

2023 yılında İran ile Afganistan arasında sınır hattında yaşanan çatışmalar farklı sınır aşan su meselelerinde sıklıkla dile getirilen su savaşları anlatısını yeniden gündeme taşımıştır. İran ve Afganistan’ın sırasıyla mansap ve memba devletler olarak yer aldığı Helmand Havzası bu su savaşları anlatısının ana konusudur. Ancak konunun güncelliği düşünüldüğünde bu bağlamda uluslararası literatürde yapılan çalışma sayısı oldukça sınırlıdır. Helmand Havzası hidropolitiğine dair Türkçe literatürde de oldukça sınırlı sayıda çalışmanın olduğu görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı literatürdeki bu eksikliği tamamlamak ve geçmişten günümüze Helmand havzası hidropolitiğini ortaya koyarak iki devlet arasında ortaya çıkabilecek olan bir su savaşı olasılığını analiz etmektir. Helmand Havzası’nın coğrafi ve hidrolojik özellikleri, havzada iki devlet arasında geçmişten günümüze su konusunda yaşanan ilişkiler ve havzanın genel hidropolitik dinamikleri dikkate alındığında, bu çalışma iki devlet arasında ortaya çıkabilecek bir su savaşı riskinin düşük olduğunu savunmaktadır. Çalışma havzada iki devlet arasında bir su savaşı riskini arttıran faktörlerle bu riski azaltan faktörleri birlikte değerlendirmek suretiyle bir analiz çerçevesi ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Helmand Nehri Havzası, Hidropolitik, İran, Afganistan

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma etik onay gerektiren herhangi bir insan veya hayvan araştırması içermemektedir.

Destekleyen Kurum

Çalışma için destek alınmamıştır.

Proje Numarası

YOK

ANALYSING THE WATER WARS NARRATIVE IN THE HYDROPOLITICS OF THE HELMAND RIVER BASIN

Öz

In 2023, the skirmishes between Iran and Afghanistan on the border area brought the narrative of water wars, frequently voiced in different transboundary water issues, back to the agenda. The Helmand Basin, in which Iran and Afghanistan are located as downstream and upstream states, respectively, is the main subject of this narrative of water wars. However, considering the subject's topicality, the number of studies in the international literature in this context is quite limited. The number of academic works written in Turkish on the hydropolitics of the Helmand Basin is also very limited. The main purpose of this study is to fill this gap in the literature and analyze the possibility of a water war between the two states by looking at the hydropolitics of the Helmand basin from the past to the present. Considering the geographical and hydrological characteristics of the Helmand Basin, the relations between the two states in the basin on water from past to present, and the general hydropolitical dynamics of the basin, this study argues that the risk of a water war that may arise between the two states is low. The study presents an analytical framework by evaluating the factors that increase the risk of a water war between two states in the basin and the factors that reduce this risk.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Helmand River Basin, Hydropolitics, Iran, Afghanistan

Proje Numarası

YOK

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