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Sultansuyu Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Sultansuyu Dam is a dam built on the Sultansuyu River in Akçadağ, Malatya Province, Turkey. Constructed for irrigation purposes between 1986 and 1992, it was damaged by an earthquake in 2023 and the water was released for safety reasons.

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