[1] It was constructed as a flood barrier as part of the irrigational Konya Plain Project on the ground of a ruined 8–10 arched bridge between 1908 and 1914.

[2][3] Its completion was delayed due to repeated flooding at the Lake Beyşehir.

[1] Regulated water draining off the lake contributed to the rise of the formerly droughty and quaggy Konya Plain into a "granary".

[1][2] Taşköprü is situated over the Beyşehir-Soğla-Apa Canal close to the Lake Beyşehir.

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