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Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Turkey · date not stated

Alleged flow-meter manipulation at a Turkish hydropower plant on the Alakır river

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Turkey's minimum-flow rule sets the downstream release at 10 percent of average flow, and the sources reviewed show no national measurement of compliance. An allegation of flow-meter manipulation at Alakır has been reported; the sources reviewed do not confirm it.

What?
A minimum-flow rule governs hydropower releases, and an allegation of flow-meter manipulation at Alakır has been reported. TSKB
Where?
Alakır river, Turkey; the location is not given in the sources reviewed.
When?
Rule reported in 2023 (TSKB); complaint reported in 2017 (CNN Türk). TSKB
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Releases are set by the minimum-flow rule; the allegation is that flow-meter readings were tampered with. TSKB
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

TSKB reported in 2023 that the minimum-flow rule sets the downstream release at 10 percent of average annual flow.

According to the Lexpera legal database, a regulation on water-use-right agreements governs the water use of hydropower plants.

CNN Türk reported in 2017 a criminal complaint against the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) over a flow-meter game at a hydropower plant.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: flow-meter manipulation at Alakır and a 30,000 lira fine for it; the sources reviewed do not confirm either.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not link the 2017 CNN Türk complaint to Alakır by name.
    • None on record The sources reviewed contain no nationwide measurement of compliance with the minimum-flow rule.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the Alakır plant's owner or operator, or who gained or lost from the alleged manipulation.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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