Thirsting for War

This award-winning documentary reveals the growing tensions along the Euphrates river caused by Turkey's giant GAP hydroelectric scheme. The massive dam and irrigation project is intended to develop Turkey's backward southeast - but it has also brought control over the downstream flow of the Euphrates through neighbouring Syria and Iraq. The film is a journey through seldom-seen areas of these three countries, and exposes the impact of the dam. Ancient cities in Turkey have disappeared beneath new reservoirs, while land across Syria and Iraq is now useless because of the river's shrinking flow.