The impact of the project depends on each village. The village of Kayacik is affected most by the power plant station area, whereas the lignite mine will predominantly affect the village of Yamanli. The village of Taspinar in the north is severly affected by the mine area as well. The village of Kayacik has lost its irrigated land to the project's power plant area. Kayarcik is the largest village in the project area with about 400 households and a population size of almost 1,000 people. During summer times, the population almost doubles.

The major economic activity of the village is agriculture. Potato farming is widespread. The majority of villagers rent their land and work on their own land as daily workers. Yamanli village is going to lose almost 90 percent of the arable land at the initial plan of mine area. Even though the mine area is going to be rehabilitated and can be hypothetically available for farming once the mine sources are exploited, it will take decades before the land is suitable for cultivation once again.

In January 2015, local residents protested against the use of foreign workers at the construction site, arguing that the project developers should be using local labour.

Lands which were previously used for cultivation and legally divided into different parcels will be combine into one piece of land. Only a part of which are acquired by Enerjisa, might be available for recultivation, because the other parts of the land in the mine area can be re-used by farmers if they will be expropriated by the Energy Market Regulatory Board and become public lands. Furthermore, topographical structure of these lands, acquired by Enerjisa or EMRA, will change after the mine sources are exploited. Therefore, it is difficult to restructure these lands for them to be available for farming, same as before. Considering the lack of skills of the project affected population, households that are losing all of their land to the Project will be vulnerable. They may not be able to replace the land that was expropriated with nearby land for cultivation or invest in livestock.

The Sariz River/Magara Creek flows from north to south, 2.5 kilometers west of the Tufanbeyli power plant and approximately centrally through the alluvial plain that yields the lignite deposits. The Magara Creek is one of the major sources to the Catalan Dam which provides drinking water for the Adana Province. A number of other small tributaries are present in the area. The nearest human population is the village of Yamanli with approximately 750 persons, located 2.8 kilometeres to the west of the power plant, which is on the western boundary of the proposed lignite mine. There are four other villages in the local vicinity: Pinarlar, Taspinar, Kayicik and Yesilova. The total population of the Tufanbeyli district in 2011 was approximately 17,500. The surface waters in the area are used for drinking, irrigation and livestock. The surface waters also support amphibians.

Protected areas in the region include the Kurebeli Canyon Wildlife Development site, 45,000 hectare, located 17 kilometres northwest of the Project site. The Kurebeli site is designated for game animals, and an important archaeological site, "Sar" city, which was the regional centre of the Hittites, located approximately 20 kilometres to the north east of the Tufanbeyli district. There are 15 reptile species present in the local area which are protected by the Bern Convention from 1979. A recent ecology survey identified up to 50 bird species in the region and up to 15 mammalian species. No globally threatened species of mammals or birds have been identified. Any species identified on the project site are also present in the wider area.

The main outcomes are that over 40 years, the power plant would cause the loss of about 23,000 life-years due to preliminary deaths, half a million lost working days, half a million asthma attacks, almost three million days of respiratory illness and an economic damage of EUR three billion, discounted at 1%.

Overview of impacts per year of operation

Years of life lost: 564
Lost working days  11,924
Days of respiratory illness: 68,021
Asthma attacks, need for medication: 11,270
CO2 emissions: Metric tonnes 2.7
Economic damage: EUR 86.85 million

Overview of health impacts over 40 years of operation

Years of life lost: 22,560
Lost working days: 476,960
Days of respiratory illness: 2,720,840
Asthma attacks, need for medication: 450,800

Economic damage: EUR2.8 billion