During the construction of Çetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant, excavation phase was completed and main dam excavation was started.
Çetin Dam has the hardfill main dam type, 165 m height, 4.600.000 m3 dam value. The main dam of Çetin Dam which has the RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete) volume, will be the largest dam in the Europe among its kind. Also, Çetin Dam has totally 3+1 numbers of francis type turbine that provide total 420 MW installed power and annually 1.174,74 GWh energy generation. When the construction completed, Çetin Dam will generate sufficient energy to supply the needs of 6 provinces like the size of Siirt. As scheduled, under favour of the six concrete plant and each one has 1030 m3/h production capacity, three crushing and screening plant and each one has 1.800 ton/h production capacity and new generation equipment pool in the worksite of Çetin Dam. The dam is planned to be taken into operation in 2020.