Cizre Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 381 hm3 reservoir; 340.74 MW mechanical and 330.51 MW electrical installed; 1,167 GWh/year; 76,591 ha irrigation command; 1.1 m3/s for drinking water in Turkey.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Cizre, Şırnak
- Coordinates
- 37.359, 42.157
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 381 hm3 reservoir; 340.74 MW mechanical and 330.51 MW electrical installed; 1,167 GWh/year; 76,591 ha irrigation command; 1.1 m3/s for drinking water
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI), with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Contractor
- CB Elektrik Uretim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2023
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2013-05
First DSI tender
- 2014-05
Tender process completed
- 2016-10
Construction contract signed with DSI
- 2019-04
Environmental impact assessment approved on 29 April
- 2023-02
Generation licence issued to CB Elektrik on 16 February for 49 years
- 2024-09
Construction on site began
- 2025-07
DSI published the state resettlement list for Cizre's Kurtulus neighbourhood
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- DSI, Cizre Baraji Kurtulus Mahallesi Devlet Eliyle Iskan Hak Sahibi Listesi, announcement of 7 July 2025. dsi.gov.tr.
- Official DSI resettlement rights list for the Cizre dam, confirming the scheme is live.
- Sirnak Haber 73, Vali Ekici, Cizre Baraji ve HES insaatinda inceleme yapti, 28 July 2025. sirnakhaber73.com.
- Reports construction under way, 340.74 MW mechanical and 330.51 MW electrical capacity, 1,167.28 GWh/year, 76,591 ha to be irrigated in the Nusaybin, Cizre and Idil plains, 1.1 m3/s average for drinking water, contractor CB Elektrik, environmental impact assessment approved 29 April 2019, generation licence issued 16 February 2023 for 49 years, emergency expropriation of 255 parcels by DSI, three-year build.
- Enerji Atlasi, Cizre Baraji ve HES. enerjiatlasi.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Gives 330.51 MW, about 1.208 billion kWh a year, DSI tender in May 2014 and a construction contract signed in October 2016, and records the plant as not yet generating. The scheme regulates releases from the Ilisu dam 45 km upstream.