With the impact of climate change, the increasing frequency of floods in recent years has become a significant problem, threatening life and property safety in river basins and affecting agricultural lands, transportation routes, and residential areas. Through rehabilitation works to be conducted in potential flood streams in upper basins, we aim to prevent negative outcomes by implementing measures from the upper boundary of the basin to where it meets the main stream.
In this context, the Upper Basin Flood Control Action Plan covering the years 2024–2028 has been prepared and put into effect. With the implementation of this plan, effective flood control measures will be taken in upper basins, minimizing loss of life and property due to floods, and the rehabilitation of lands in these areas will contribute positively to the economy.
From 2019 to the end of 2024, 208 masonry check dams and 12 steel debris barriers were completed within the Adana, Amasya, Ankara, Artvin, Erzurum, Elâzığ, Giresun, Kastamonu, Sinop, Trabzon, and Zonguldak Regional Forestry Directorates.
Under the Upper Basin Flood Control Action Plan, work is planned in 194 flood basins, and studies have been implemented in 62 flood stream basins in 2024.