The GAP (Güneydogu Anadolu Projesi) is a multi-sector project that aims at developing the Southern Anatolia in Turkey (improvement living standards and increasing inhabitants' income by reducing the unemployment) and controlling the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers.
Nine provinces are concerned : Adiyaman, Batman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kilis, Siirt, Sanliurfa, Mardin, and Sirnak.
22 dams and 19 power plants were planned to be built.
Euphrates Basin
Atatürk Dam (1992)
Birecik Dam (2000)
Büyükçay Dam
Çamgazi Dam (1998)
Çataltepe Dam
Gömikan Dam
Hancağız Dam (1988)
Kahta Dam
Karakaya Dam (1987)
Karkamış Dam (1999)
Kayacık Dam
Kemlin Dam
Koçali Dam
Sırımtaş Dam
Nine provinces are concerned : Adiyaman, Batman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kilis, Siirt, Sanliurfa, Mardin, and Sirnak.
22 dams and 19 power plants were planned to be built.
Euphrates Basin
Atatürk Dam (1992)
Birecik Dam (2000)
Büyükçay Dam
Çamgazi Dam (1998)
Çataltepe Dam
Gömikan Dam
Hancağız Dam (1988)
Kahta Dam
Karakaya Dam (1987)
Karkamış Dam (1999)
Kayacık Dam
Kemlin Dam
Koçali Dam
Sırımtaş Dam
Atatürk dam
Tigris Basin
Batman Dam (1998)
Cizre Dam
Dicle Dam (1997)
Garzan Dam
Kayser Dam
Kralkızı Dam (1997)
Ilısu Dam
Silvan Dam
Dicle dam
Irrigation is enabled by a network of canals (kind of artificial rivers), earth distribution channels, furrows, drip tubes, flow regulators and sluice gates.
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