Rivers of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

can be divided into several groups depending on where they flow.

Flow into the
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* Mutludere (also known as Rezovo) flows from Turkey into Bulgaria. 112 km *

Veleka The Veleka ( , ) is a river in the very southeast of Bulgaria (Burgas Province), as well as the very northeast of European Turkey. It is 147 km long, of which 108 km lies in Bulgaria Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

* Kızılırmak 'Red River' is the longest river in Turkey, also known as the Halys River. 1,350 km ** Delice River - tributary ** Devrez River - tributary **

Gök River The Gök River or Gökırmak ( Turkish for "Sky River") is a tributary of the Kızılırmak in Turkey. At the past it was called Amnias ( el, Αμνίας). Its source is in Kastamonu Province. The Battle of the River Amnias was fought in 89 BC ...

- tributary (also known as Gökırmak and in Classical times, Amnias) * Sakarya River is the third longest river in Turkey, also known as Sangarius. 824 km ** Seydisuyu **

Porsuk River The Porsuk River also Kocasu-Porsuk River ( tr, Porsuk Çayı, Kocasu-Porsuk Çayı), ancient Tembris, is a river in Turkey, that flows for . The city of Eskişehir is sited on the banks of this river. The river is dammed by the Porsuk dam formin ...

Ankara River Ankara River ( tr, Ankara Çayı) is a small river (stream) to the west of Ankara, Turkey. It is a tributary of the Sakarya River. One of its tributaries, the Çubuk Brook, splits Ankara almost in half and crosses through many neighborhoods. T ...

* Harşit River in Gümüşhane and Giresun * Yeşilırmak 'Green River' (Classical Iris). 418 km **

Çekerek River The Çekerek River ( tr, Çekerek Çayı, ancient Scylax) is a tributary of the Yeşil River in Turkey. It flows for about in a "southwest-northeast arc". Its source is near Tokat. The confluence with the Yeşil in the northeast is just to the so ...

(Classical Scylax) is a tributary ** Kelkit River (Classical Lycus (one of several)) is a tributary * Yağlıdere ** Kılıçlar River **

Tohumluk River Tohumluk Creek ( tr, Tohumluk Deresi) is one of two main tributaries of the Yağlıdere stream in the Kurtbeli highlands of the Alucra district in Giresun Province, Turkey. References

Giresun Rivers of Turkey Rivers of Giresun Province {{Tu ...

Üçköprü Üçköprü (means "three bridges" in Turkish) is a joining site of Tohumluk Deresi and Kılıçlar Deresi, which are two main tributaries of Yağlıdere stream. It is located in the Giresun highlands in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ...

is not actually a river but the point where the Kılıçlar and Tohumluk meet *

Aksu Deresi Aksu is one of the main water streams of Giresun Province in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its name is Turkish for "white water". Description Aksu Deresi rises in Karagöl, a rural highland area located very near to provincial borders ...

Giresun Province Giresun Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the southeast, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the southwest, and Ordu to the west. Its license-plat ...

* Batlama River in Giresun *

Bartın River Bartın River (''Bartın Çayı''), anciently known as Parthenius or Parthenios ( grc, Παρθένιος), is a small river in the east of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its source is in the Ilgaz Mountains, in Kastamonu Province and Karabük Pr ...

(Classical Parthenius) *

Çoruh River The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'', tr, Çoruh, hy, Չորոխ ''Ch’vorokh'', el, Άκαμψις, ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İ ...

(Classical Acampsis) *

Gelevara Deresi Gelevara Deresi is one of two main streams of Espiye, a district of Giresun province in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. Its two main tributaries arise in the highlands of Espiye district of Giresun and Torul district of Gümüşhane. In t ...

Kara Dere The Kara Dere is a river that empties into the Black Sea 20 miles east of Trabzon, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on ...

(Classical Hyssus or Hyssos) *

Machakhlistskal(i) The Machakhelistsqali or Machakhlitskal ( ka, მაჭახელისწყალი, ''Mač’axelisc’q’ali''; tr, Maçahel Suyu) is a river that flows from the Artvin Province in Turkey to Adjara autonomous republic of Georgia. It is a ...

* Terme River (Classical Thermōdōn) *

Filyos River The Filyos River is a river in northern Turkey. The longest branch of the Filyos is formed near Karabük by several tributaries. It flows to the west through a deep canyon past Yenice. Just north of Devrek, it is joined by major branches fl ...

(Classical Billaeus)

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Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the ...

Biga Çayı The Biga River ( tr, Biga Çayı) is a small river in Çanakkale Province in northwestern Turkey. The river begins at the base of Mount Ida and trends generally northeasterly to the Sea of Marmara. It is about east of the Dardanelles. It flows pa ...

, the classical Granicus * Mustafakemalpaşa Çayı, the classical Rhyndacus * Simav Çayı or Susurluk Çayı, the classical

Makestos The Simav ( tr, Simav Çayı) or Susurluk RiverTurkish General Directorate of State Water Works (DSİ)." Archive accessed 3 Sept. 2011. (''Susurluk Çayı'') is a river in Anatolian Turkey. Its course is 321 km long and its basin comprises 22 400 ...

Flow into the
Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi ( Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...

Europe

* Meriç (Maritsa or Evros) is in the European section of Turkey and has its source in

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. It is 480 km long. ** Tunca is a 350 km tributary in Bulgaria **

Ergene Ergene ( tr, Ergene Nehri; grc, Εργίνης, ''Eryinis'') is a major left tributary of the Maritsa (Meriç) river, flowing entirely in the East Thrace region of Turkey. The river rises from the southern part of Strandzha mountain, not far fro ...

is a tributary inside of Turkey.

Anatolia

* Azmak Creek *

Bakırçay Bakırçay ( la, Caicus, ) is a river in Turkey. It rises in the Gölcük Dağları mountains and debouches into the Gulf of Çandarlı. In antiquity, the Bakırçay was or formed part of the ''Kaikos'' or ''Caicus'' River which flowed near the ...

(Classical Caicus or Astraeus) * Büyük Menderes River (Classical Maeander or Meander). 548 km **

Lycus (river of Phrygia) Lycus or Lykos ( grc-gre, Λύκος; tr, Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia. It is tributary of the Maeander and joins it a few kilometres south of Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount Cadmus (Strabo x ...

*** Cadmus (river) * Cayster River or Küçük Menderes. 114 km *

Gediz River The Gediz River ( tr, Gediz Nehri, ) is the second-longest river in Anatolia flowing into the Aegean Sea. From its source of Mount Murat in Kütahya Province, it flows generally west for to the Gediz River Delta in the Gulf of İzmir. Name T ...

(Classical Hermus). 401 km ** Pactolus (also known as Sart Çayı) *

Karamenderes River Karamenderes is a river located entirely within the Çanakkale Province of Turkey. It flows west from Mount Ida and empties into the Aegean Sea near the Troy Historical National Park. According to the ''Iliad'', the battles of the Trojan War wer ...

(Classical Scamander)

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Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...

* Aksu (Classical Kestros) * Manavgat River (Classical Melas) * Köprüçay River (Classical Eurymedon) * Dim River * Kaledran Creek * Dragon Creek (Turkey) * Sini Creek * Göksu (Classical Calycadnus) * Limonlu Çayı (also known as Lamas; Classical Lamos) * Alata River * Tömük Creek * Karacaoğlan River *

Tece Creek Tece Creek is a creek in Mersin Province, Turkey. Its headwaters are around Fındıkpınarı in the Toros Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating t ...

Mezitli River Mezitli River (''Liparis'' of the antiquity) is a rivulet in Mersin Province, Turkey The river flows in the mid-southern portion of the Toros Mountains from north to south. It is a short river and the birds flight distance between the headwaters ...

(Classical Liparis) * Efrenk River (also known as Müftü) * Deliçay * Berdan River (also called Tarsus; Classical Cydnus) * Seyhan River (Classical Sarus) ** Zamantı River *

Ceyhan River The Ceyhan River (historically Pyramos or Pyramus ( el, Πύραμος), Leucosyrus ( el, Λευκόσυρος) or Jihun) is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey. Course of the river The Ceyhan River (Pyramus) has its source (known as ' ...

(Classical Pyramus or Leucosyrus). 509 km ** Harman Çayı ** Göksun Çayı 115 km * Payas River * Deli Çay River *

Asi River The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey. ...

(Classical Orontes) ** Afrin River *** Karasu

Flow into the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

** Khabur River ***

Jaghjagh River The Jaghjagh River ( ar, نهر جقجق ''Nahr Jaqjaq'', ''Nahr al-Jaghjagh'', or ''Nahr al-Hirmas'', tr, Çağ-çağ Deresi, syr, ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩ ''Nahro dJaqjaq'', ku, Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex) is a tributary of the Khabur River in ...

** Sajur River ** Karasu ** Murat River *

Tigris The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian and Arabian Deserts, and empties into the ...

Great Zab The Great Zab or Upper Zab ( (''al-Zāb al-Kabīr''), or , , ''(zāba ʻalya)'') is an approximately long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq. It rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul. The drainage basin o ...

(in Turkish Büyükzap Suyu) ** Little Khabur **

Botan River The Botan River ( tr, Botan Çayı, ', or '; Kurdish language, Kurdish: ; Armenian language, Armenian: ; Neo-Syriac: ; Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek ''Centrites''/''Kentrites'') is located in the Siirt Province of southeastern Turkey. T ...

(Uluçay) ** Batman River ** Hezir River

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Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central A ...

* Kura River **

Aras River , az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan excl ...

*** Arpaçay River (also known as Akhurian) is a tributary of the Aras. It arises in

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and forms part of the border between Armenia and Turkey before joining the Aras.

Ancient

Aegospotami Aegospotami ( grc, Αἰγὸς Ποταμοί, ''Aigos Potamoi'') or AegospotamosMish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. “Aegospotami.” '' Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary''. 9th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., 1985. , (ind ...

Asopus Asopus (; grc, Ἀ̄σωπός ''Āsōpos'') is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was also the name of the gods of those rivers. Zeus carried off Aegina, Asopus' daughter, and Sisyphus, who h ...

* Cales (river), modern Alaplı Su * Hyllus (river) * Lycus (river of Bithynia) * Lycus (river of Cilicia) *

Lycus (river of Lydia) Lycus or Lykos ( el, Λύκος) was an ancient river of Lydia that flowed in a southwesterly direction by the town of Thyatira. Whether it emptied itself directly into the Hermus, or only after joining with the Hyllus In Greek mythology, Hyll ...

River Meles The river Meles ( el, Μέλης) (more appropriately described as "Meles Brook") is a stream charged with history and famous in literature, especially by virtue of being associated in a common and consistent tradition with Homer's birth and works, ...

* Pinarus River

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File:Kızılırmak, Turkey.jpg, Kızılırmak
Nevşehir Province File:Ceyhan River, Turkey.jpg, Ceyhan River

Adana Province Adana Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey located in central Cilicia. With a population of 2.26 million, it is the sixth most populous province in Turkey. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 79% of th ...

File:PorsukBridge (28).jpg, Porsuk River

Eskişehir Province Eskişehir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincia ...

File:Silifke Bridge Mersin Province.JPG, Göksu River

Mersin Province Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of f ...

File:Müftü River in Mersin.JPG, Müftü River
Mersin Province File:Near Belemedik Adana Province.jpg, Seyhan River
Adana Province File:Mezitli River, Mersin.JPG, Mezitli River
Mersin Province File:GedizRiver IzmirProvince Turkey.jpg, Gediz River
İzmir Province File:Sakarya River.jpg, Sakarya River

Sakarya Province Sakarya ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey, located on the coast of Black Sea. The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Marmara Region. The adjacent provinces are Kocaeli to the west, Bilecik to the sou ...

Flow into the Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

Flow into the Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the ...

Flow into the Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi ( Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...