Cyprus/Turkey: Water Wars Escalate

Jan 17, 2016 | Esra Aygin, inCyprus
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The latest standoff between the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish authorities over the management of water reaching the island’s northern part from Turkey, through a trans-Mediterranean pipeline, could soon leave the north without water, money or ‘government’. The disagreement, which has elevated into a full-blown crisis – with Turkish embassy in the north and the main coalition partner Republican Turkish Party CTP – exchanging harsh remarks – is likely to spell the end of the coalition and lead to early elections in the north as early as February, said a senior Turkish Cypriot official on condition of anonymity.