Sultansuyu Dam is a dam built on the in AkçadaÃÂ, 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.
Sultansuyu Dam is an earthfill dam is high and long at the crest and was constructed with a capacity of , impounding a lake more than in area. It dams the , a right tributary of the Euphrates, in AkçadaÃÂ, Malatya Province. It irrigated .
Development of the Sultansuyu Dam was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works, to meet irrigation needs. Construction, by a division of , began in 1986 and was completed in 1992.
On February 6, 2023, earthquakes in southern Turkey damaged several dams in the region. The Sultansuyu Dam suffered significant lateral cracking; cracks over a meter (3 feet) wide were reported, long and deep. There was also cracking of the outlet works. Engineers considered the dam to be damaged beyond repair, and it was drained as a precaution. Ceyhun ÃÂzçelik of the MuÃÂla Sñtkñ Koçman University Department of Water Resources said that the water level in the dam had decreased to a meter and a half. , the dam was under detailed investigation to determine how to repair it.