Sarıyar Dam on the

Sakarya River The Sakarya (; ; ; ) is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of the principal rivers of Asia Minor (Anatolia) in Greek classical antiquity, and is mentioned in th ...

is north of the town of Sarıyar in the

Nallıhan Nallıhan is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,079 km2, and its population 26,553 (2022). It is 157 km from the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 625 m. Nallıhan is one of many towns that claim to ...

district of

Ankara Province Ankara Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Its area is 25,632 km2, and its population is 5,782,285 (2022). History The site of the modern city has been home to settlements ...

. It is west of the city of

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, the central Anatolian capital of

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. It is located upstream of

Gökçekaya Dam Gökçekaya Dam is north of Alpu town east of province of Eskişehir in central Turkey and located downstream of Sarıyar Dam on the Sakarya River which runs into the Black Sea. The Yenice Dam is located downstream. There is a hydroelectric ...

on the Sakarya River, which runs into the

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. It was completed in 1956. The total power output from the hydroelectric facility is 160 MW (four facilities of 40 MW each).

Sources

Structurae: Sariyar DamResearchgate.net: The technical features of Goekcekaya Sariyar and Yenice Dam Lakes
Dams in Ankara Province Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Dams completed in 1956 Energy infrastructure completed in 1956 Gravity dams Dams in Eskişehir Province {{Turkey-powerstation-stub