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Birecik Dam
Location of Birecik Dam in Turkey
Location	Turkey
Coordinates	37°03′12″N 37°53′24″E / 37.05333°N 37.89000°E / 37.05333; 37.89000
Opening date	2000
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Euphrates River
Height	62.5 m (205 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Reservoir
Catchment area	92,700 ha (358 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date	2000-2001
Turbines	6 × 112 MW
Installed capacity	672 MW
Annual generation	2,500 GWh

The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km (5.0 mi) upstream of Birecik town 80 km (50 mi) west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey. It was purposed for irrigation and energy production. There is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six units at 112 MW each) can generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year. The Birecik dam is a structure consisting of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m (205 ft) from the foundation. It was designed by Coyne et Bellier. The total catchment area is 92,700 ha (358 sq mi). The Birecik project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

The dam was built on top of the ruins of the ancient city of Zeugma. According to Bogumil Terminski (2015), the construction of the dam resulted in resettlement of approximately 6,000 people.

See also

• List of power stations in Turkey

References

1. "The design & the management of the hydro power plant birecik". Verbundplanbirecik. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
2. State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), Turkey. "General information on Birecik Dam, Turkey". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
3. Bogumil Terminski, Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Causes, Consequences, and Socio-Legal Context, Ibidem Press, Stuttgart, 2015.

External links

• United Nations Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)
• Current status of GAP as of June 2000
• Official GAP web site

Crossings of the Euphrates
Upstream Karababa Bridge D.875 Birecik Dam Downstream Euphrates Viaduct O-52

v t e Dams and reservoirs in Turkey
Aegean region	Adıgüzel Afşar Akdeğirmen Akgedik Akköprü Alaçatı Balçova Bayır Beşkarış Beydağ Buldan Cindere Çaltıkoru Çavdarhisar Çine Demirköprü Enne Geyik Gökpınar Gölmarmara Gördes Güzelhisar Işıklı İkizdere Karacasu Kavakdere Kayaboğazı Kemer Kestel Kureyşler Küçükler Marmaris Mumcular Örenler Seferihisar Selevir Sevişler Seyitler Söğüt Tahtalı Topçam (Aydın) Ürkmez Yaylakavak Yenidere Yortanlı
Black Sea region	Akçay Alaca Almus Alpu Altınkaya Ataköy Atasu Aksu Arkun Artvin Belpınar Beyler Bezirgan Borçka Boyabat Boztepe (Tokat) Çakmak (Samsun) Çatak Çorum Demirözü Derbent Deriner Derinöz Dodurga Erfelek Germeçtepe Gölköy Güllübağ Gülüç Güzelce Hasan Uğurlu Hasanlar Hatap Karaçomak Karadere Kızılcapınar Kirazlıköprü Koçhisar Koruluk Kozlu Köprübaşı Köse Kulaksızlar Kürtün Laleli Muratlı Obruk Ondokuzmayıs Saraydüzü Sarayözü Suat Uğurlu Topçam (Ordu) Tortum Torul Uluköy Vezirköprü Yedikır Yenihayat
Central Anatolia region	4 Eylül Ağcaşar Akhasan Akkaya Akköy Akyar Altınapa Altınhisar Apa Asartepe Aşağı Karaören Ayhanlar Ayrancı Bahçelik Bayındır Beylikova Bozkır Çamlıdere Çamlıgöze Çatören Çoğun Çubuk-1 Çubuk-2 Damsa Deliçay Derebucak Doyduk Ermenek Eğrekkaya Gazibey Gebere Gelingüllü Gödet Gökçekaya Gölova Güldürcek Gümüşler Gürsöğüt Hirfanlı İbrala İmranlı İvriz Kapulukaya Karacalar Karaova Kargı Kaymaz Kesikköprü Kılıçkaya Kovalı Kunduzlar Kurtboğazı Kuzfındık Kültepe Maksutlu Mamasın May Mursal Murtaza Musaözü Özen Porsuk Sarımsaklı Sarıoğlan Sarıyar Sıddıklı Sille Süreyyabey Tatlarin Uzunlu Yahyasaray Yamula Yapıaltın Yenice Yeşilburç
Eastern Anatolia region	Alkumru Alpaslan-1 Alpaslan-2 Arpaçay Bağıştaş 1 Bağıştaş 2 Başköy Bayburt Boztepe (Malatya) • Cip Çamgazi Çat Çıldır Çocuktepe Demirdöven Dilimli Erzincan Gayt Gülbahar Hınıs Başköy Kalecik (Elazığ) Kapıkaya Keban Kığı Koçköprü Kuzgun Medik Morgedik Özlüce Palandöken Patnos Pazaryolu Pembelik Polat Sarımehmet Seyrantepe Sultansuyu Sürgü Tatar Tercan Uzunçayır Yazıcı Yedisu Yoncalı Zernek
Marmara region	Alibey Altınyazı Armağan Atikhisar Ayvacık Babasultan Bakacak Bayramdere Bayramiç Boğazköy Büyükçekmece Büyükorhan Çakmak (Edirne) Çamköy Çaygören Çınarcık Çokal Darıdere Darlık Demirtaş Devecikonağı Doğancı Elmalı-2 Gökçe Gökçeada Gölbaşı Gönen Günyurdu Hamzadere Hasanağa Havran İkizcetepeler Kadıköy Karaidemir Kayalıköy Kırklareli Kızıldamlar Kirazdere Koyuntepe Madra Manyas New Ömerli Sarıbeyler Sazlıdere Sultanköy Süloğlu Taşoluk Tayfur Terkos Topuzlu Umurbey Valide
Mediterranean region	Adatepe Alakır Alaköprü Aslantaş Ayvalı Bademli Belkaya Berdan Berke Birkapılı Çatalan Çavdır Çayboğazı Dim Gezende Göktaş Kalecik (Osmaniye) Karacaören I Karacaören II Karaçal Karamanlı Kadıncık 1 Kadıncık 2 Kartalkaya Kayraktepe Köprü Kılavuzlu Kızılsu Kavşak Bendi Korkuteli Kozağacı Kozan Manavgat Mehmetli Menzelet Nergizlik Onaç-1 Onaç-2 Otluca Oymapınar Seyhan Sır Sorgun Sücüllü Tahtaköprü Uluborlu Yapraklı Yarseli Yayladağı Yedigöze
Southeastern Anatolia region	Lower Kaleköy Atatürk Batman Balli Beyhan I Beyhan II Beyyurdu Birecik Burç Bendi Çetintepe Çetin Cizre Devegeçidi Dicle Dumluca Erkenek Garzan Göksu Hacıhıdır Hancağız Ilısu Karakaya Karkamış Kayacık Kirazlık Kralkızı Seve Silopi Silvan Sırımtaş Şırnak Uludere Upper Kaleköy
Dams by province Hydroelectric power stations

v t e Dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)
Euphrates Basin	Keban Karakaya Atatürk Birecik Karkamış Çamgazi Hancağız Koçali Sırımtaş Büyükçay Kahta Çataltepe Gömikan Kayacık Kemlin
Tigris Basin	Kralkızı Dicle Batman Ilısu Silvan Kayser Garzan Cizre
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v t e Dams and barrages on the Euphrates
	Keban Karakaya Atatürk Birecik Karkamış
	Tishrin Tabqa Baath Halabiye (proposed)
	Haditha Ramadi Fallujah Hindiya

v t e Power stations in Turkey
Nuclear	Akkuyu – 4,800 MW Sinop – 4,480 MW
Renewable energy	Geothermal Gümüşköy – 13 MW Kızıldere – 95 MW Hydroelectric Adıgüzel – 62 MW Akköprü – 115 MW Aksu – 13 MW Alaköprü – 26 MW Alkumru – 265.5 M Almus – 27 MW Alpaslan-1 – 160 MW Alpaslan-2 – 280 MW Altınkaya – 700 MW Arkun – 237 MW Artvin – 340 MW Aslantaş – 138 MW Atasu – 5 MW Atatürk – 2,400 MW Bahçelik – 7 MW Batman – 160 MW Berdan – 10 MW Berke – 510 MW Birecik – 672 MW Borçka – 300 MW Boyabat – 513 MW Burç Bendi – 27.9 MW Çamlıgöze – 33 MW Çatalan – 169 MW Çetin – 405 MW Çınarcık – 100 MW Cindere – 29 MW Çine – 47 MW Cizre −240 MW Demirköprü – 69 MW Derbent – 58 MW Deriner – 670 MW Devecikonağı – 29 MW Dicle – 110 MW Ermenek – 300 MW Garzan – 49 MW Gezende – 159 MW Gökçekaya – 278 MW Gönen – 11 MW Güllübağ – 96 MW Gürsöğüt −242 MW Solar Greenway CSP Mersin – 6 MW Karapınar – 1,000 MW Waste Istanbul Waste Power Plant Wind Aliağa – 193 MW Bahçe – 135 MW Çanta – 47.5 MW Dağpazarı – 39 MW Mut – 33 MW Şamlı – 174 MW Soma – 140.4 MW
Fossil	Coal-fired Afşin-Elbistan C – 1800 MW proposed Afşin-Elbistan B – 1440 MW ZETES-3 – 1400 MW Afşin-Elbistan A – 1355 MW Cenal – 1320 MW Emba Hunutlu – 1320 MW İsken Sugözü – 1308 MW ZETES-2 – 1230 MW Atlas – 1200 MW Bekirli – 1200 MW Soma – 990 MW Kemerköy – 653 MW Yatağan – 630 MW Çayırhan – 620 MW Seyitömer – 600 MW Soma Kolin – 510 MW Kangal – 457 MW Tufanbeyli – 450 MW Yeniköy – 420 MW Biga – 405 MW Şırnak Silopi – 405 MW Tunçbilek – 365 MW İzdemir – 350 MW Çan-2 – 330 MW 18 Mart Çan – 320 MW Çatalağzı – 315 MW Bolu Göynük – 270 MW Orhaneli – 210 MW Çolakoğlu – 190 MW ZETES-1 – 160 MW List of active coal-fired Silahtarağa – now museums Gas-fired Gebze - 1540 MW Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi – 480 MW
Power stations projected or under construction in italics

• Dams completed in 2000
• Energy infrastructure completed in 2001
• Dams in Gaziantep Province
• Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey
• Southeastern Anatolia Project
• Run-of-the-river power stations
• Dams on the Euphrates River
• Dams in Şanlıurfa Province
• Crossings of the Euphrates
• 21st-century architecture in Turkey