Atatürk Dam

Atatürk Dam is an embankment dam on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey. It forms the Atatürk Reservoir and supplies hydroelectric power and irrigation water.

Atatürk Reservoir: The reservoir created by Atatürk Dam on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey. It stores the water that the dam releases for power generation and irrigation.
Southeastern Anatolia Project: A Turkish regional development program centered on dams, irrigation, and infrastructure in southeastern Anatolia. Atatürk Dam is the project's largest and most prominent infrastructure work.
Atatürk Hydroelectric Power Plant: The hydroelectric generating station associated with Atatürk Dam on the Euphrates. Its turbines convert water released from the reservoir into electricity.
Halfeti: A town in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey, partly submerged after the Birecik Dam reservoir filled. Its inundation illustrates the broader resettlement and landscape changes associated with Euphrates dam projects.
Hydroelectricity: Electricity generated by converting the energy of moving or falling water. Water released through the dam's turbines produces electricity.
Euphrates–Tigris basin: The river basin system drained by the Euphrates and Tigris across Turkey and neighboring countries. The dam belongs to a wider program of water and energy development in this basin.
GAP irrigation tunnels: Large tunnels that convey water from the Euphrates toward irrigated lands in southeastern Turkey. They help carry water stored by the dam to agricultural areas.
Hasankeyf: A historic town on the Tigris River affected by the Ilısu Dam reservoir. Its displacement offers a comparison with communities affected by large dam reservoirs in Turkey.
Irrigation: The artificial supply of water to land for growing crops. Water from the reservoir supports agricultural irrigation through the Southeastern Anatolia Project.
Turkey: A country spanning southeastern Europe and western Asia, with most of its territory in Anatolia. The dam is a major Turkish public infrastructure project.

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