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As of the beginning of 2005, State
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Turkey has a total of 280,000 square kilometres of agricultural area, of which 85,000 km is economically irrigable and 49,000 km is currently being irrigated. As of 2005, an area of 28,000 km is equipped with facilities of State
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Hydraulic Works needs to obtain land properties (real estates) for its development projects of water and land resources. Up to now, around 5,200 km of private land was expropriated. 70,000 families and 350,000 people were relocated by dam projects. It is estimated that 50,000 families and
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Finally in 1954, the institution was named "General
Directorate of State Hydraulic Works" and assigned to the Ministry of Public Works. State Hydraulic Works was reassigned later to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Since not a long time, the agency reports to the minister of environment
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The project is one of the biggest investments of the last century undertaken by State
Hydraulic Works and contains 13 sub-projects, 7 of which are in the Euphrates Basin and 6 of which are in the Tigris Basin. Within the scope of these 13 projects, 27,000 GWh hydroelectric energy will be produced
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Hydraulic Works supply water to 26 million people in 45 cities at
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is putting pressure on water resources. The protection of nature and wildlife is of great importance for State
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Since its establishment in 1954, State Hydraulic Works has made investments in the sector of energy for US$ 30.0 billion, agriculture for US$ 39.0 billion and services for US$ 12.0 billion, totaling up to US$ 81.0 billion.
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State Hydraulic Works has currently 24 HEPPs throughout the country under construction with a total installed capacity of 2,722 MW and annual generation of 8,920 GWh.
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