Deliçay (literally 'crazy creek', also called Selindi) is a creek in

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. In Turkish rivers with irregular flowrate are usually called ''Deliçay''. But here it is a proper noun and it refers to its highly irregular flowrate. The head waters are close to the village Değirmendere in

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. In fact at this point the village and the river are named after each other. (Değirmendere means "mill river") But in the lower reaches it is called Deliçay. It flows by the villages of

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, Parmakkurdu and Hebilli. It discharges to

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at between Kazanlı (Aulai of the antiquity) and Karaduvar (Anchiale of the antiquity). In the past this river was called Serince, Selinti and Anhiyaleos Mersin 33 page
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