| Sazlıdere Dam | |
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| Official name | Sazlıdere Barajı |
| Location | Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
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| Construction began | 1992 |
| Opening date | 1996 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Arch dam |
| Height | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Impounds | Sazlıdere |
| Reservoir | |
| Capacity | 91.3 hm3 |
| Surface area | 10 km2 |
| Website www2.dsi.gov.tr/bolge/dsi14/isletme.htm |
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Sazlıdere Dam is a reservoir dam in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul Province, Turkey to provide drinking water to the European side suburbs of the city. The Turkish State Hydraulic Works backed the development of the dam, which was constructed between 1992 and 1996. The reservoir supplies annually 50 hm3 drinking water.