| Altınkaya Dam | |
| Name Official: | Altınkaya Dam |
| Location Map: | Turkey |
| Coordinates: | 41.3636°N 35.7246°W |
| Dam Crosses: | Kızılırmak |
| Res Name: | Lake Altınkaya Dam |
| Location: | Samsun Province, Turkey |
| Operator: | State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) |
| Dam Length: | 634m (2,080feet) |
| Dam Height: | 195m (640feet) |
| Construction Began: | 1980 |
| Opening: | 1988 |
Altınkaya Dam is a rock-fill dam for irrigation and hydro power, on the River Kızılırmak, 23 km south of Bafra and 35 km west of Samsun in northern Turkey. It feeds Lake Derbent.
Having a dam volume of 15,920,000 m³, Altınkaya Dam was completed in 1988. It has a storage volume of 5,763 billion m³ in a reservoir area at normal water surface elevation of 118 km2.
Total power from the facility is 4 x 175 MW, for an installed capacity of 700 MW giving an annual electricity production of 1,630 GWh.[1]