From June 1986 to December 1991, Yöntaş A.Ş. (Yaşar Öncan) in Ankara served as Site Chief for the construction of the Murtaza Dam and irrigation facilities in Niğde, officially under the supervision of the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ). The Murtaza Dam was built between 1986 and 1992 on the Suludere for irrigation purposes. It is a clay-core rockfill dam with a body volume of 1,100,000 m³ and a height from the riverbed of 41.00 meters. At normal water level, the reservoir volume is 7.74 hm³ and the surface area is 0.81 km². The dam irrigates approximately 1,000 hectares of land. The scope of works included dam excavation and fill, conduit installation, grouting, construction of two regulators, irrigation canals, and precast civil structures. Final accounts were completed and submitted to the relevant authority.
Project Management
Mehmet Oğuz
Civil Engineer