Silvan Dam is an embankment concrete-face rock-fill currently under construction on the Batman River in the district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in southeastern Turkey. It is part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and located upstream of the Batman Dam. Construction began on 26 July 2011. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and irrigation. It is designed to irrigate an area of 245,000 ha (610,000 acres). The power station will have an installed capacity of 160 MW.[1][2]
In 2014, the dam, as well as other in southeast Turkey such as the Ilisu Dam, became a prime target of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants after peace talks collapsed with the government. Attacks on the dam, supporting structures and workers are part of the PKK's efforts to stop construction. These attacks delayed construction by 2 years.[3]
The construction of the Silvan Tunnel which brings the water from the dam to the surrounding plains started in June 2019.[4] The dam body was completed in January 2021 and some sources say the entire project was completed in the end of 2022.[5][6][7] As of 2024[update] other sources say it is still under construction.[8][9]
^"Initiated the construction of the dam is SİLVAN" (in Turkish). GAP. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
^"Silvan Dam Due Date Moved Up" (in Turkish). Ilke Haber Ajansi. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
^"Turkey's Biggest Dam Project Victim of Faltering Peace". Bloomberg Business. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^"Yapımı 1 milyar 200 milyon liraya mal olacak olan Silvan Tüneli'nin yapımına başlandı". haberler.com (in Turkish). 10 June 2019.
^"Silvan Barajı teröre inat yükseliyor!". hilal Haber (in Turkish). 28 March 2017.
^"Physical realization of Diyarbakır's 'crazy project' reached 73 percent" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
^"Turkish president inaugurates 34 hydroelectric power plants". Hydro Review. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
^Merkezi, Haber (2024-01-29). "Silvan Barajı Yapımı Sürüyor: "Hasankeyf'teki gibi Ortak Hafıza Yok Edilecek"". İklim Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
^medya, eylul (2024-02-02). "Historic Kurdish valley threatened by dam construction in Turkey". Medya News. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
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