The Cizre Dam is a proposed dam on the Tigris River north of Cizre Turkey. The Cizre Dam is to be built in conjunction and downstream of the Ilisu Dam. The Cizre Dam is also one of the planned dams of Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). The purpose of the Cizre Dam is irrigation hydro-power and to control the tailwaters of the Ilisu Dam. A tender for the Cizre Dam was issued in May 2008.
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