Previously a kind of melting-pot, Southern Anatolia was prosperous because it was located on the trading route between the East and the West. 
Atatürk thought about using the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the 1920-30 s to match the electrical energy needs.
The 1936 Electricity Studies Administration planned first to make only an economic project (irrigation, hydraulic energy) but then this project became a social one too. The 1989 Master Plan which aimed at revitalize the economy, the social and cultural life of Southern Anatolia didn't reach its goal.
Now, the GAP concerns irrigation, hydraulic energy, agriculture, rural and urban infrastructure, forestry, education and health issues. It tends to improve the living standards and increase people's income in order to delete inequalities, to assure a social stability and to provide a economic growth. It takes part in the Program for Transition to a Strengthened Economy which is one of the program for the Turkey's accession to the European Union.
Atatürk thought about using the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the 1920-30 s to match the electrical energy needs.
The 1936 Electricity Studies Administration planned first to make only an economic project (irrigation, hydraulic energy) but then this project became a social one too. The 1989 Master Plan which aimed at revitalize the economy, the social and cultural life of Southern Anatolia didn't reach its goal.
Now, the GAP concerns irrigation, hydraulic energy, agriculture, rural and urban infrastructure, forestry, education and health issues. It tends to improve the living standards and increase people's income in order to delete inequalities, to assure a social stability and to provide a economic growth. It takes part in the Program for Transition to a Strengthened Economy which is one of the program for the Turkey's accession to the European Union.
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