The dam is in Kayseri Province on Kızılırmak (Hallys of the Antiquity).

[3] According to the constructor Hidrodizayn, it is a barrage power plant located at the toe of a 115 metres (377 ft) high embankment dam with a total storage of 3,476 cubic hectometres (1.228×1011 cu ft).

Nominal power is 52 MW and the annual energy production is 309 GW-hr.

The 154 kV output connects via a 22 kilometres (14 mi) long line to the national interconnected grid system of Turkey.

[4] In addition to energy production, it is also used to irrigate agricultural land of 77,000 decares (77 km2; 30 sq mi).