1. WATER WORKS FROM FOUR THOUSAND YEARS IN TURKEY Ünal Öziş Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey

2. HITTITE PERIOD (II.millenium BC) Karakuyu dam in Uzunyayla, H= 8 m Gölpınar dam near Alacahöyük, L= 110 m Hattuşaş springs

3. Keşiş dam near Van h= 7 m Şamram canal near Van L= 56 km URARTU PERIOD (8.-7.cent.BC) Şamram canal supporting walls

4. HELLENISTIC-ROMAN-BYZANTINE PERIODS (I.Millenium BC- I.Millenium AD) Bozdoğan L=970 m Pergamon creek h = 7.5 m; w= 9.0 m; L= 200 m Çevlik tunnel (1.-2.cent.AD) h & w = 6-7 m

5. SELJUKIDE PERIOD (11.-14.cent.AD) Water-mill canal through Haburman bridge at Çermik Faruk dam near Van h= 12 m

6. OTTOMAN PERIOD (14. – early 20.cent.) Beyşehir (1908) Mağlova (1560’s) H=35 m Topuzlu (1750, 1786) H= 16 m

7. Çubuk I, 1936, h= 58 m Karakaya, 1987, h= 172 m Atatürk, 1992, N=2400 MW Şanlıurfa D=7,6 m L=26 km REPUBLIC of TURKEY (1923 >> )

8. For more information: attend the side-event “Water bridging civilizations of four millenia in Turkey” at 11:00 - 13:00 hours on Thursday 19.03.2009; attend the sessions of the Topic 6.5 on Friday – Saturday 20-21.03.2009.

9. Cover of the manuscript available at the side-event