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Otluca HES

dam in Sugözü, Anamur, Mersin Province

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ48837796 ↗
Source-derived summary

Otluca HES is a three-stage hydroelectric plant of Turkey.

It is in Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. It is to the north of Anamur and on Dragon Creek. The main unit is at 36°18′14″N 32°46′36″E

Technical details

The technical details are as follows;

The total annual energy production capacity is 224 GW-hr. But currently the last unit hasn't been put into operation yet .

The plant is being operated by the company Beyobası ( a subdiary of Akfen) .

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Otluca HES” as dam in Sugözü, Anamur, Mersin Province. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Otluca, Sugözü and Anamur.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 80-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Otluca, Sugözü and Anamur providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Otluca HES”, the useful work is to connect “dam in Sugözü, Anamur, Mersin Province” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48837796. Authority coordinates are 36.304, 32.777. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Otluca HES”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Otluca HES primary sources, Otluca HES archive and Otluca research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Otluca HES” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.