 Suat Uğurlu died following an accident at the construction site of a dam project 24 km upstream together with her husband, an engineer at that site.While Ayvacık Dam was renamed after her husband's name Hasan Uğurlu, this dam was renamed in her memory.Having a dam volume of 2,151,000 m³, Suat Uğurlu Dam and hydro-electric power plant went in service in 1982.