Turkey defends the idea of the future Middle East where peoples of the region live together in peace, security and prosperity. Turkey,benefiting from its traditional ties with the Arab countries in the region and from its good relations with Israel, encourages both side for the peace process. Water is a problem among the Middle East countries where water resources are insufficient to meet the needs. Arab countries in the region are quite sensitive about the issue because they lack in water resources. Therefore, water is a determining factor for the establishement of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours.
Turkey favors a solution based on the mutual understanding and mutual contact of the both sides.
Turkey also has water problems with its neighbours Iraq and Syria concerning the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Turkey tries also to solve the problem with mutual agreements and good diplomacy in the region instead of violent means. One important issue concerning specifically Turkey is the Kurdish bases in the northern Iraq. It created permenant problems between two countries. Turkey tried to control the area to prevent Kurdish insurgency in the southeastern part of Turkey.