The Ermenek dam and hydroelectric plant sit 160 kilometres from Karaman, in the Ermenek district, and the reservoir is used for water sports: canoeing, boating, water bicycles, sailing and diving.
The water is turquoise, the country around it green, and there are picnic grounds on the shore. It is reached by bus or by car.
Getting there
- Access
- The reservoir is at Ermenek, 160 km from central Karaman, reached by bus or private car.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
