The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km (5.0 mi) upstream of Birecik town 80 km (50 mi) west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey. It was purposed for irrigation and energy production. There is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six facilities at 112 MW each) can generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year. The Birecik dam is a structure constituted of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m (205 ft) from the foundation. The total catchment area is 92,700 ha (358 sq mi). The Birecik hydroelectric project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

Birecik Dam
Locale	Turkey
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Height	62.5 m (205 ft)
Impounds	Euphrates River
Reservoir
Creates	Reservoir
Catchment area	92,700 ha (358 sq mi)
Power station
Type	Yes
Turbines	6 × 112 MW
Installed capacity	672 MW
Annual generation	2,500 GWh