1. HITTITE – URARTU – HELLENISTIC – ROMAN – BYZANTINE –
SELDJUKIDE – OTTOMAN ( 4000 years)

2. Karakuyu dam in Uzunyayla, H= 8 m
HITTITE PERIOD
(II.mill.B.C.)
Gölpınar dam near Alacahöyük, L= 110 m
Karakuyu dam in Uzunyayla, H= 8 m
Hattuşaş
springwater
collection
Chamber at
Boğazkale

3. URARTU PERIOD (8.-7.cent.B.C.)
Keşiş dam near Van
H= 7 m
Şamram canal near Van
L= 56 km
Supporting walls of Şamram canal

4. HELLENISTIC-ROMAN-BYZANTINE PERIODS (I.mill.B.C. - I.mill.A.D.)
Pergamon
Ancient cities with multiple
long-distance water coneyances
Ephesus
İzmir
(Smyrna)

5. SELDJUKIDE PERIOD (11.-14.cent.A.D.)
Faruk Dam near Van H= 12 m
Canal through the Haburman-Bridge in Çermik supplying a watermill (12.cent.)

6. OTTOMAN PERIOD (14. – early 20.cent.)
Kırkçeşme water conveyance to İstanbul (1560’s) L=55 km
Uzun L=710 m
Mağlova H = 35 m
Başhavuz D = 16 & 8 m

7. REPUBLIC of TURKEY (1923 >> )
Çubuk I, 1936, H= 58 m
Karakaya, 1987, H= 172 m
REPUBLIC of TURKEY
(1923 >> )
Atatürk, 1992, N= 2400 MW
Şanlıurfa
D= 7,6 m
L= 26 km