The Silopi Dam is a gravity dam on the Hezil River about northeast of Silopi in à Âñrnak Province, southeast Turkey. Under contract from Turkey's State Hydraulic Works, ðLCð Holding A.à  began construction on the dam in 2008 and it was completed in November 2012.
The reported purpose of the dam is water storage for drinking supply and it can also support a 2.4 MW hydroelectric power station in the future. In January 2013 a project to deliver water from the dam through of pipes to a water treatment plant Silopi began. The pipeline is expected to be complete in 2014 and the water treatment should be operational in 2015. Another purpose of the dam which has been widely report in the Turkish press is to reduce the freedom of movement of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants. Blocking and flooding valleys close to the IraqâÂÂTurkey border is expected to help curb cross-border PKK smuggling and deny caves to which ammunition can be stored in. A total of 11 dams along the border; seven in à Âñrnak Province and four in Hakkâri Province were implemented for this purpose. In à Âñrnak they are the à Âñrnak Dam upstream of the Silopi Dam on the Ortasu River and further upstream is the Uludere, Balli, Kavà Âaktepe, Musatepe and ÃÂetintepe Dams also on the Ortasu River. In Hakkari are the Gölgeliyamaç (since cancelled) and ÃÂocuktepe Dams on the Güzeldere River and the Aslandaàand Beyyurdu Dams on the Bembo River.