Terkos Dam is a lake-dam near the village of

Durusu Durusu or Terkos ( el, Δέρκος, ''Derkos''; also Δέλκη ''Delke'', Δέλκος ''Delkos'', and Δέρκοι ''Derkoi'') is a village in the Arnavutköy district (formerly part of Çatalca district) of Istanbul, Turkey. It lies close to the ...

in the

Çatalca Çatalca (Metrae; ) is a city and a rural district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the largest district in Istanbul by area. It is in East Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers or ...

district of

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The development of the project on Lake Durusu (ancient name Terkos) was realised 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 ...

, and entered into service in 1971. It is the traditional water supply of the European part of

References

DSI directory
State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009 Dams in Istanbul Province {{Turkey-dam-stub

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