Programme

DSİ Irrigation Modernization & Water Efficiency Programme

TürkiyeWater Infrastructure, Water Security, Resilience InfrastructureReviewed 1 October 2026

DSİ's national programme to modernise irrigation networks and improve water efficiency and flood resilience. Its main financings are the World Bank's Second Irrigation Modernization and Water Efficiency Project (US$819m / €757.1m, approved 2 June 2025; about 72,000 ha, 50,000 farms) and AIIB's US$500m Water Efficiency and Climate Resilience for Results financing (announced 24 April 2026; about 45,000 ha plus flood control). It sits within DSİ's US$11bn plan for efficient irrigation, land consolidation and flood control.

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Overview

Location
Multiple basins incl. Central Anatolia and Antalya, Türkiye
Delivery Model
Public programme implemented by DSİ
Financing
Sovereign development-finance loans (World Bank; AIIB results-based financing)

Project Developments

  • Project · 24 April 2026AIIB approves US$500m water-efficiency and climate-resilience financing for DSİ programme

    AIIB announced a US$500m results-based loan on 24 April 2026 supporting DSİ's irrigation modernisation and flood-control programme. It covers about 45,000 hectares and more than 540,000 people.

  • Project · 2 June 2025World Bank approves Türkiye Second Irrigation Modernization and Water Efficiency Project

    On 2 June 2025 the World Bank approved US$819m (€757.1m) for DSİ to modernise irrigation across about 72,000 hectares in Central Anatolia and Antalya, benefiting at least 50,000 farms.

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