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Southestern Anatolian Project is the largest and most multifeceted development
projects in the world. The project includes active farming with extensive
irrigation systems and electricity production. It will also benefit the
tourism, mining, petrol, education, health, communication, industry and
transportation sectors. |
Ataturk
Dam (GAP)
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The
Southeastern Anatolia Project vovers the kower parts of the Firat and Dicle
rivers and the provinde of Gazi Antep, Sanli Urfa, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir,
Mardin, Siirt, Batman and Sirnak, on the plains between the rivers. The
project will also bring with it a change in the climate of the area. |
The
Ataturk Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, the largest in Turkey and the sixth
largest in the world, is situated on the Firat River in the town of Bozova
in Sanli Urfa. Ataturk Dam, which is the foundation of the Southeastern
Anatolia Project, began operation in 1994 and is important not only for
energy production but also for irrigation. |
Keban
Dam (Elazig)
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Ataturk
Reservoir (GAP)
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water obtained from the reservations of the Ataturk Dam will be carried
to the Harran plain by the Sanli Urfa Tunnel System, which is the largest
in the world, in terms of length and rate of flow. The waters of the Firat
river will pass through tunnels which are 26.4 kilimeters in length and
7.62 meters in diameter and be distributed to the vast croplands of the
southeastern Anatolian plains from central and branch channels, bringing
a production boom and prosperity to the region. |
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