Silifke HES is a regulator and a low power hydroelectric plant in

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 ...

. It is at in

Silifke Silifke is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Mersin Province, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,692 km2, and its population is 132,665 (2022). It is west of the city of Mersin, on the west end of the Çukurova plain. ...

ilçe The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''. Most provinces bear the s ...

(district) of

Mersin Province Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...

. It is to the east of Turkish state highway which connects Silifke to north. The dam is on a channel flowing to

Göksu River The Göksu River (), known in classical antiquity, antiquity as the Calycadnus and in the Middle Ages as the Saleph, is a river on the Taşeli, Taşeli Plateau in southern Turkey. Its two sources arise in the Taurus Mountains—the northern in t ...

. Although it is currently owned by

EÜAŞ The Electricity Generation Company (; EÜAŞ) is the largest electric power company in Turkey. Owned by the government, it produces and trades Electricity sector in Turkey, electricity throughout the country. History EÜAŞ was founded by the go ...

, the public company, soon together with four other low power Hydro electric plants in Mersin Province, it will be privatized. The annual production is 2 000 000 kWh.Report of Electrical Engineer's Chember
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