People of You will Yusufeli soon move in their communities new homes And the shops soon Where the northeastern Turkish city will be submerged by water of A newly built dam and hydroelectric power station. This is actually the seventh time in that it history That Yusufeli has been moved even though he doesn’t people survived Since the city was last Transfer.
The whole city is located in Artvin County and seven villages in The vicinity, to a new higher location. The authorities continued to hand over the title deeds for Hundreds since July 20 and the process will continue until September 18. A new town is formed of more More than 2,600 housing units, 317 companies for Residents of Yusefli and 520 houses and five stores for population of Seven villages. So far, 2,161 families from Yusefeli have handed over their homes and another 196 families have been handed over from villages over they new homes.
Necmettin Tashkin, a local resident who and peace over for him new home says He feels sad but hopes for new will be the city good for they. “We leave our memories here,” he told Anadolu Agency (AA). on Wednesday. “They will be submerged.”
Hussein Aydin, on On the other hand, looking forward to me new Yusufeli. “It will be a slow process but I think it will be a beautiful city,” he said says. “Besides, it will have a lake scene,” said added. “There are some shortcomings but new very city good Otherwise, “Mohamed Abanouz, another resident of The new town, says.
“I’m proud of the state for what they did here. Workers almost cut off off mountain to create easy area So we can move,” said Ali Belji, another resident.
Located on In the delta of the Koruh River, Yusuf’s name was changed to over Decades and witnessed the transfer of the city center during the Ottoman era and the early years of Turkey. It was finally granted its current status as a province of Artvin in 1950, the city center moved to current location.
The dam, which will retain water once the entire city has been moved, will do add $82.2 million (1.5 billion Turkish liras) economy annual. The dam has a height of 275 meters (902 feet) equal to 100-story buildingwill be born up to 540 MW when starting work at full eligibility next year. It will generate about 1.9 billion kilowatt hours of Electricity per year said Bakdemirli. With commissioning, Turkey Hydropower power Production capacity will increase by 2%.
