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Cyprus is short of surface water and groundwater due to inadequate rainfall. The project aims to supply Northern Cyprus with water from Turkey for a timespan of 50 years. Of the 75 million m 3 water, 37.76 million m 3 (50.3%) will be used for drinking purposes and the remaining part (49.7%) will be allocated for irrigation.
The dam is part of the Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project and receives water not only from the river but via an undersea pipeline connected to the Alaköprü Dam, located near the southern shores of Mersin Province, Turkey. Construction on main works for the dam began on 30 March 2012 and it was completed on 7 March 2014.
The diplomatic relationship between Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has been significant since the establishment of the TRNC in 1983. As a result, Turkey has maintained a consistent presence in TRNC through its embassy and appointed various ambassadors to represent its interests in the region. [1]
The roots of the close relationship between Northern Cyprus and Republic of Turkey can be traced back to the Cyprus conflict and subsequent events. Following intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s and the coup d'état by Greek nationalists in 1974, Turkey intervened militarily on the island, leading to the de facto division of Cyprus into the Greek Cypriot ...
The dam was primarily built as part of the Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project, to supply water for drinking and irrigation to Northern Cyprus. [2] [3] [4] Preliminary construction on the dam began on November 2, 2010 and the official groundbreaking took place on March 7, 2011.
In 2011, North Cyprus sold electricity to the Republic of Cyprus following an explosion in the southern part of the island which affected a large power station. [105] The Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project, completed in 2015, is aimed at delivering water for drinking and irrigation from southern Turkey via a pipeline under the Mediterranean Sea.
Turkey–Northern Cyprus water pipeline This page was last edited on 4 August 2019, at 01:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Turkey–Northern Cyprus water pipeline; Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command; Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus This page was last edited on 8 July 2020, at 00:00 ...