Göksu Dam is a dam on
Göksu Stream south of
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...
city in
Turkey
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. Constructed between 1987 and 1991, the development was backed by the
Turkish State Hydraulic Works
The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet Su İşleri) is a state agency, under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are ener ...
. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation and it supplies water to .
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey
References
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Göksu Dam,
State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009
Dams in Diyarbakır Province
Rock-filled dams
Dams completed in 1991
1991 establishments in Turkey
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