EDİRNE (AA) – Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler visited Edirne Governorship. Güler saluted the police squad in front of the governor’s building and gave toys to the children who welcomed him with flowers. Minister Güler was welcomed by Governor Yunus Sezer, AK Party Edirne Deputy Fatma Aksal, Garrison Commander Brigadier General Yüksel Kolcu, Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Mehmet Kasım Ermiş, Provincial Police Chief Muhittin Ayhan and AK Party Provincial Chairman Belgin İba.
Güler, who signed the Governor’s Honor Book, received information from Governor Sezer about the investments carried out in the city. Chief of General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, Naval Forces Commander Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, Air Forces Commander General Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu and 1st Army Commander General Bahtiyar Ersay were also present during Minister Yaşar Güler’s visit. 11The water discharged from a height of 173 meters at the Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) in Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır turned into a visual feast.
The amount of water in the basin of Karakaya Dam and HEPP, Turkey’s third largest dam and second largest hydroelectric power plant, reached 9.5 billion cubic meters with heavy rainfall. In the Karakaya Dam and HEPP, which has an installed capacity of 1800 megawatts with a total of 6 units, 2 discharge gates of the dam were opened in the first place on May 11, after 7 years, against the risk of possible floods due to the water level approaching the maximum level.
The discharge of pressurized water from the dam set, whose body height is 173 meters, turned into a visual feast. Rainbows occasionally form in the region due to sunlight.
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