ILISU DAM

SIZE AND LOCATION

• Length: 443 ft (wide)
• Height: 5,971 ft (tall)
• Ilisu, Turkey

Purpose
Hydroelectric power
2% of Turkey's Electricity

IMPACT

• Population is decreasing because it is destroying homes and cities
• Will flood 12,000 year old city, Hasenkeyf which will be lost forever

IMPACT

• Will destroy marshes which will cause livestock to die and people to starve
• Others fear that something will go wrong and they will lose thier home
• Lost international fund in 2008 because it is destroying important history

Embankment Dam

Positive Effect
We think this is positive because it will produce 2% of Turkey's electricity, even though it will destroy important history