{"version":"1","article":{"id":"turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","slug":"turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=en","title":"Çömlekköy dam targets 2028 completion to irrigate 56,500 decares","summary":"The ministry said most major technical works are complete and aims to finish the linked irrigation investment alongside the dam.","category":"agriculture","region":"turkiye","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-25","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye","url":"https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/Haber/7295/Bakan-Yumakli-2028de-Tamamlanmasi-Hedeflenen-Edirne-Comlekkoy-Barajinda-Incelemede-Bulundu","publishedAt":"2026-09-25","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/turkey-comlekkoy-dam-irrigation-project-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı visited the Çömlekköy Dam construction site in Edirne’s Lalapaşa district on 25 September 2026 and outlined progress. According to the minister, the dam is intended to irrigate 56,500 decares of land and is targeted for completion in 2028. Most major technical works—including the diversion tunnel, spillway and dam-body excavation, and grouting—were described as complete; the diversion channel at the Tunca regulator had also been finished. Reinforced-concrete work on the spillway, dam embankment and conveyance line remain under construction. The 2028 date is a ministry target, not a completed outcome.","Yumaklı said the investment contract for the irrigation area that will operate with the dam had been signed in the previous month, and that the ministry was working to complete both projects at the same time. Realising the dam’s irrigation capacity depends on completion of the associated irrigation infrastructure. The announcement contains cost figures that do not fully align, so this article does not state a total project cost; it focuses on the clearer progress and target-date information. The minister also said irrigation systems had previously been commissioned on 687,000 decares across Edirne and land consolidation had covered 2.7 million decares; those figures refer to province-wide work, not the Çömlekköy project alone."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The ministry said most major technical works are complete and aims to finish the linked irrigation investment alongside the dam.\n\nAgriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı visited the Çömlekköy Dam construction site in Edirne’s Lalapaşa district on 25 September 2026 and outlined progress. According to the minister, the dam is intended to irrigate 56,500 decares of land and is targeted for completion in 2028. Most major technical works—including the diversion tunnel, spillway and dam-body excavation, and grouting—were described as complete; the diversion channel at the Tunca regulator had also been finished. Reinforced-concrete work on the spillway, dam embankment and conveyance line remain under construction. The 2028 date is a ministry target, not a completed outcome.\n\nYumaklı said the investment contract for the irrigation area that will operate with the dam had been signed in the previous month, and that the ministry was working to complete both projects at the same time. Realising the dam’s irrigation capacity depends on completion of the associated irrigation infrastructure. The announcement contains cost figures that do not fully align, so this article does not state a total project cost; it focuses on the clearer progress and target-date information. The minister also said irrigation systems had previously been commissioned on 687,000 decares across Edirne and land consolidation had covered 2.7 million decares; those figures refer to province-wide work, not the Çömlekköy project alone.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}