Keban dam

    Turkey  1966.06.10

    In issue: Stamp(s): 2   

    Printing: photogravure

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 2008   Yvert: 1787  

    Perforation: Comb   Perforation type: 13 ¼x13 ½

    Subject:

    50 Turkish kurus.

    Main view of the dam*.

    Additional:

    *The Keban Dam (Turkish: Keban Barajı) is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. The dam was the first and uppermost of several large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates by Turkey. Although the Keban Dam was not originally constructed as a part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), it is now a fully integrated component of the project, which aims to stimulate economic development in Southeastern Turkey.

    Keban Dam Lake (Turkish: Keban Baraj Gölü), the reservoir created by Keban Dam, has a surface area of 675 square kilometres (261 sq mi) and is reputedly the fourth-largest lake in Turkey after Lake Van, Lake Tuz, and the reservoir created by the Atatürk Dam.

    The construction of the dam began in 1966 and was completed in 1974. And the issue of stamps was realised by the beginning of construction.