CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ilısu Dam (Turkish pronunciation: [ɯɫɯˈsu]) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tigris near the village of Ilısu and along the border of Mardin and Şırnak Provinces in Turkey.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ilisu Dam is part of the Turkish Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) and is the largest dam on the Tigris River in Turkey. It is located on the main river course 65 km upstream of the Syrian and Iraqi border. The Ilisu Dam watershed is the same as that of the Mosul Dam in Iraq.

Detailed explanation-3: -Atatürk Dam in Turkey is one of the largest earth-and-rock fill dams in the world. Atatürk Dam, on the Euphrates river, is located in Bozova in the Şanlıurfa province, of the Anatolia region, Turkey. Image courtesy of Kel Patolog. Atatürk Dam is a key part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP).

Detailed explanation-4: -2.7 There were two consortia and one joint venture initially taking part in the Ilisu project. Electromechanical: Sulzer Hydro (Switzerland – sold to Austrian VA Tech in 1999) and ABB Alstom Power (Switzerland – sold to Alstom France in March 2000).