The Atatürk Dam (Turkish: Atatürk Barajı) originally the Karababa Dam is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Built both to generate electricity and to irrigate the plains in the region it was renamed in honour of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) the founder of the Turkish Republic. The construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1990.
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