Alaköprü Dam
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 10 ′ 31 " N , 32 ° 53 ′ 42" E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | 2011 - approx. 2015 [obsolete] (planned) | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 88 (93) m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 26 MW | ||||||
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| Total storage space : | 130.5 million m³ | ||||||
| Catchment area | 210.90 km² | ||||||
The Alaköprü Dam ( Turkish Alaköprü Barajı ) is a dam under construction in southern Turkey , in the Mersin province about 12 km north of the city of Anamur . After completion, up to 75 million m³ of fresh water per year will be piped from the reservoir that will be created over a distance of more than 100 km through the Mediterranean Sea to Northern Cyprus .
development
The concept of supplying northern Cyprus with fresh water from Turkey came into being in the 1990s. At first there was a plan to transport the drinking water over the sea not by pipeline, but by means of huge sacks pulled by tugs , similar to the Manavgat water project (Manavgat suyu projesi) . However, this plan was rejected after a few years due to technical concerns.
As early as 1998 the concept was changed to pipeline transport and a corresponding plan was drawn up. The decision to build the dams and the pipeline was made binding in July 2010 through a bilateral agreement between Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
There was an information evening for the residents on October 28, 2010, but construction took place despite the resistance of the residents concerned. The foundation stone was laid on March 7, 2011 in the presence of the Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and the North Cypriot Prime Minister Küçük as well as the Turkish Ministers Çiçek , Günay and Eroğlu . The celebrations were accompanied by protests in Cyprus. Opponents fear that the project should make Northern Cyprus economically dependent on Turkey and increase Turkish influence in Cyprus. The increased ties between the north and Turkey thus intensify the Cyprus conflict and stand in the way of possible unification of Cyprus.
Technical concept
dam
North of Anamur, on the south side of the Taşeli plateau in the Taurus Mountains , there is an extensive valley basin in which several mountain streams unite to form the Dragon River (Turkish Dragon Çayı ), also called Anamur River (Turkish Anamur Çayı ). The catchment area extends approximately from 36 ° 00 'to 36 ° 30' north latitude and from 32 ° 30 'to 33 ° 00' east longitude, a total of more than 200 square kilometers. About 12 km northeast of Anamur the Dragon River passes through a narrow point; here the dam is to be built. It was named after the bridge Alaköprü (Turkish, colorful bridge ), which is a few hundred meters further south.
The villages of Akine , Ormancık and Sarıağaç located in the valley basin are partially flooded by the resulting reservoir . For most of the former residents, a functional retort village was built at the foot of the dam on the Ermenek - Anamur road. The historic Alaköprü bridge , which was built by the Karamanids in the 13th century , is not affected by the flooding itself, as it is located downstream.
Line to Cyprus
The collected fresh water is led to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea via a pipeline with a diameter of 1.6 meters. The pipeline runs through the sea, which is up to 1,400 m deep at this point, about 250 m below the water level . Since both the material of the pipeline ( HDPE ) and the fresh water in it are lighter than the surrounding salt water, the pipeline had to be anchored to the sea bed with steel cables to prevent the pipeline from floating to the surface .
Once in Cyprus, the water is fed via a pumping station for intermediate storage in the Geçitköy Dam near Kyrenia (Girne), which was completed in March 2014. From here, the water is to be distributed further, with around 15% being processed into drinking water in a waterworks near Lefkosa , the remaining 85% being used for agricultural irrigation of the Mesarya plain .
Individual evidence
- ↑ DSI Annual Report 2011 (PDF; 41.4 MB) DSI, accessed on February 10, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ a b ALAKÖPRÜ BARAJI İNŞAATI. AK-ELI, archived from the original on March 18, 2011 ; Retrieved November 22, 2019 (Turkish).
- ^ A b c d Mithat Rende: Water Transfer from Turkey to Water-Stressed Countries in the Middle East . In: Hillel I. Shuval, Hassan Dwiek (Ed.): Water resources in the Middle East: the Israeli-Palestinian water issues: from conflict to cooperation . Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-69508-0 , pp. 171 ( full text in Google Book Search).
- ↑ a b No end to the water emergency? Internet travel magazine black and white , accessed on March 9, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c Turkey, KKTC show solidarity at giant water project opening ceremony. (No longer available online.) Today's Zaman, March 8, 2011, formerly original ; accessed on November 22, 2019 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Alaköprü Barajı İçin Toplantı Yapıldı. Online newspaper Haberler.com, October 28, 2010, accessed February 10, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ Alaköprü Barajı Temel Atma Töreni İçin Hazır. Aktif Haber online newspaper, March 7, 2011, archived from the original on March 13, 2011 ; Retrieved November 22, 2019 (Turkish).
- ↑ Alaköprü kamulaştırması için görüşmeler yapılıyor. haberanamur.net, March 1, 2011, accessed February 10, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ Alaköprü Barajı inşa ediliyor! Real estate portal Emlak Kulisi, November 25, 2010, accessed on February 10, 2013 (Turkish).