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Ilısu (literally "warm water") is a Turkish place name and may refer to: * Ilısu, Aksaray, a town is Güzelyurt district of Aksaray Province, Turkey * Ilısu, Göynücek, a village in Göynücek district of Amasya Province, Turkey * Ilısu, Gülnar, a village in Gülnar district of Mersin Province, Turkey *İlisu, Azerbaijan * Ilısu, Tercan ''Note the difference between the two Turkish 'I's: dotted(i=ee) and dotless (ı=eh) especially in capitals (I,İ)'' See also * Ilısu Dam, a dam under construction in Turkey ** Ilısu Dam Campaign The Ilısu Dam Campaign was a UK-based campaign working to stop the construction of the Ilısu Dam on the river Tigris in south east Turkey. The construction plans for the dam would lead to the flooding of about 300 square kilometers and would dis ...
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Ilısu, Aksaray
Ilısu is a village in Güzelyurt District of Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 951 (2021). It is situated on the north of the river Melendiz. Ilısu is a part of Ihlara Valley, a valley famous for historical ruins. There is a historical cave which houses a Roman bath and a Roman bridge as well as geothermal springs in the town. History The village has had the same name since 1919. The municipality status of the town, which became a municipality on 31 December 1987, ended in 2013 when its population fell below 2000 people.Law No. 6360
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Ilısu, Göynücek
Ilısu is a village in the Göynücek District, Amasya Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Its population is 326 (2021). References Villages in Göynücek District {{Amasya-geo-stub ...
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Ilısu, Gülnar
Ilısu (Avurga) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Gülnar, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 272 (2022). The village is from Gülnar and from Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates .... The small Ilısu waterfall is south east of the village. Avurga was founded in 1850 as a hamlet of the nearby village Ilısu. But after a landslide in the main village in 1981, Ilısu residents also moved to Avurga and the village was renamed Ilısu. References Neighbourhoods in Gülnar District {{Mersin-geo-stub ...
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İlisu
İlisu is a village and municipality in the Qakh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,370. It was the capital of the Elisu Sultanate The Sultanate of Elisu, also known as Elisou or Ilisu, was a sultanate in the 18th and 19th centuries. Geography, population and government Located mostly on the southern slope of the Caucasus Mountains in what is now northwest Azerbaijan, it .... The postal code is AZ 3417. Reserve Ilisu State Nature Reserve was established on February 20, 1987, by decree number 57, with an area of 9345 ha. It is located on the south side of the Greater Caucasus (Gakh), between Zagatala and Ismayilli Reserve, at an altitude of 700–2100 metres. The area was expanded by the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic dated March 31. Now its area is 17381.6 ha. History The history of the emergence of the Ilisu Sultanate is inextricably linked with the rulers of Tsakhur. The village of Tsakhur is located on the northern slop ...
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Ilısu, Tercan
Ilısu () is a village in the Tercan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 101 in 2021. The hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ... of Aşağıtepecik, Beşikçayır, Dereçayırı and Yukarıtepecik are attached to the village. References {{Tercan-geo-stub Villages in Tercan District Kurdish settlements in Erzincan Province ...
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Ilısu Dam
The Ilısu Dam () is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tigris near the village of Ilısu and along the border of Mardin Province, Mardin and Şırnak Provinces in Turkey. It is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and its purpose is hydroelectric power production, flood control and water storage. When operational, the dam will support a 1,200 MW power station and will form a 10.4 billion m3 reservoir. Construction of the dam began in 2006 and was originally expected to be completed by 2016. As part of the project, the much smaller Cizre Dam is to be constructed downstream for irrigation and power. The dam has drawn international controversy, because it will flood portions of ancient Hasankeyf and necessitate the relocation of people living in the region. Because of this, the dam lost international funding in 2008. Most historical structures in Hasankeyf were moved to the new Hasankeyf prior to the filling of the dam. The dam began to fill its reservoir in late ...
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