"Dam disputes strain Turkey-Iraq ties
By Patrick Wrigley
ISTANBUL - Images of suburban Istanbul submerged by torrential floods have adorned the front pages of Turkey's dailies over the past few weeks. The fallout from pictures of cars as boats and roads as rivers, has drowned out a potentially more pressing problem for the government in Ankara: the country's growing water shortage problem."
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