Russia Factor in the problem of Aral Lake (Aral’s Sand) According to the German Sources

Russia Factor in the problem of Aral Lake (Aral’s Sand) According to the German Sources

Necati İyikan

Abstract

The water is a kind of food without an alternative. The guaranteed usage of water is a basis for civilization that indicates the importance of water. The Aral Sea in Central Asia was the fourth largest lake of the world; today there is only 10 % of old size. The pollutive characteristics of industry in East Europe and the harmful applications of political decision makers caused ecological problems in the Aral Sea basin. Today the ecological problem in Aral Sea became a political problem among the sharers of that problem, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, and affected the safety of region. Within the framework of Aral Sea ecological problem, at first the strategies developed by EU and Russia caused to enlargement of the problem instead of solving it.The expedience conflict of regional and global powers in Central Asia was appeared and a solution could not be produced till today. 

Keywords: Orta Asya; Aral Gölü; Su; Çevre sorunu; Rusya.

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