Sultansuyu Dam

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Sultansuyu Dam
Sultansuyu Dam
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Location Turkey
Coordinates 38°19′09″N38°03′06″E / 38.3191°N 38.0517°E / 38.3191; 38.0517

Sultansuyu Dam is a dam built on the Sultansuyu River Malatya situated in Turkey. [1] The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works and was designed for irrigation needs. [1]

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Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1992. [2]

In 2023 an earthquake hit southern Turkey [3] and cracks over a metre wide were reported, engineers considered the dam to be damaged beyond repair. [4] As a precaution the Turkish authorities opened the dam. [5]

Ceyhun Özçelik from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Department of Water Resources said that the water level in the dam had decreased to a meter and a half. [6]


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References

  1. 1 2 "Sultansuyu Dam" . Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Sultansuyu Dam (Malatya, 1992)". Structurae. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  3. ↑ Hariri-Ardebili, Mohammad Amin; Tosun, Hasan (February 15, 2024). "Dams in the wake-up call of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence: Insights from observed damages, risk assessment, and monitoring". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 102: 104284. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104284. ISSN   2212-4209.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  4. ↑ "February's earthquakes have damaged the Middle East's dams". The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  5. ↑ SyriacPress (February 13, 2023). "Experts warn huge dams in Turkey near seismic zones may cause major disasters in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq". SyriacPress. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Turkey.. Serious cracks in the Malatya Dam". 7enews.net. February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
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