Beyyurdu Dam

Beyyurdu Dam
Location of Beyyurdu Dam in Turkey
Country Turkey
Location Şemdinli, Hakkâri Province
Coordinates 37°20′25.43″N 44°26′00.85″E / 37.3403972°N 44.4335694°E / 37.3403972; 44.4335694Coordinates: 37°20′25.43″N 44°26′00.85″E / 37.3403972°N 44.4335694°E / 37.3403972; 44.4335694
Purpose Water supply, military
Status Under construction
Construction began 2008
Owner(s) State Hydraulic Works
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity, roller-compacted concrete
Impounds Bembo River
Height 48 m (157 ft)
Length 176 m (577 ft)
Elevation at crest 1,273 m (4,177 ft)
Width (crest) 8 m (26 ft)
Spillway type Overflow
Reservoir
Total capacity 8,060,000 m3 (6,534 acre·ft)
Normal elevation 1,271 m (4,170 ft)[1]

The Beyyurdu Dam is a gravity dam under construction on the Bembo River (an eventual tributary of the Great Zab) in Şemdinli district of Hakkâri Province, southeast Turkey. Under contract from Turkey's State Hydraulic Works, Özdoğan Group began construction on the dam in 2008 and a completion date has not been announced.[2][3] In July 2012 and May 2014 suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants set fire to equipment at the construction sites of the Beyyurdu Dam and also the Aslandağ Dam which is located upstream.[4][5]

The reported purpose of the dam is water storage and it can also support a hydroelectric power station in the future.[2] Another purpose of the dam which has been widely reported in the Turkish press is to reduce the freedom of movement of PKK militants. Blocking and flooding valleys in close proximity to the Iraq–Turkey border is expected to help curb cross-border PKK smuggling and deny caves in which ammunition can be stored. A total of 11 dams along the border; seven in Şırnak Province and four in Hakkâri Province were implemented for this purpose. In Hakkâri are the Gölgeliyamaç (since cancelled) and Çocuktepe Dams on the Güzeldere River and the Aslandağ and Beyyurdu Dams on the Bembo River. In Şırnak there is the Silopi Dam on the Hezil River and the Şırnak, Uludere, Balli, Kavşaktepe, Musatepe and Çetintepe Dams on the Ortasu River.[6][7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beyyurdu Dam construction tender". DGMarkets. 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "DSI 10 REGIONAL OFFICE - Van" (in Turkish). State Hydraulic Works. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Beyyurdu-Aslandag Dam" (in Turkish). Ozodgan. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "The PKK raided the dam sites on" (in Turkish). Radikal. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Business machines burned in dam construction on the PKK in Hakkari" (in Turkish). Bugun. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Terror Down" (in Turkish). Posta. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Planned to be completed in the second dam on the border against the PKK" (in Turkish). Hurriyet. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dams Prevent Smuggling at the Border" (in Turkish). Aktif Haber. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Water retention dams began operation against PKK" (in Turkish). CNNTurk. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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