WATER WORKS FROM FOUR THOUSAND YEARS IN TURKEY

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WATER WORKS FROM FOUR THOUSAND YEARS IN TURKEY

• Ünal Özis
• Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
• Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of
  Engineering
• Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey

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HITTITE PERIOD (II.millenium BC)
Gölpinar dam near Alacahöyük, L 110 m
Karakuyu dam in Uzunyayla, H 8 m
Hattusas springs
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URARTU PERIOD (8.-7.cent.BC)
Kesis dam near Van h 7 m
Samram canal near Van L 56 km
Samram canal supporting walls
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HELLENISTIC-ROMAN-BYZANTINE PERIODS (I.Millenium
BC- I.Millenium AD)
Bozdogan L970 m
Çevlik tunnel (1.-2.cent.AD)
Pergamon creek h 7.5 m w 9.0 m L 200 m
h w 6-7 m
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SELJUKIDE PERIOD (11.-14.cent.AD)
Faruk dam near Van h 12 m
Water-mill canal through Haburman bridge at
Çermik
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OTTOMAN PERIOD (14. early 20.cent.)
Maglova (1560s) H35 m
Topuzlu (1750, 1786) H 16 m
Beysehir (1908)
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Karakaya, 1987, h 172 m
Çubuk I, 1936, h 58 m
REPUBLIC of TURKEY (1923 gtgt )
Atatürk, 1992, N2400 MW
Sanliurfa D7,6 m L26 km
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For more information

• attend the side-event Water bridging
  civilizations of four millenia in Turkey
  at 1100 - 1300 hours on Thursday
  19.03.2009
• attend the sessions of the Topic 6.5 on Friday
  Saturday 20-21.03.2009.

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Cover of the manuscript available at the
side-event