Rivers in Turkey

About the Rivers of Turkey

The 8 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.

Aras

The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ceyhan

The Ceyhan River is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Euphrates

The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Evros

The Maritsa, known in Greek as the Evros and in Turkish as the Meriç, is a river that runs through the region of Thrace, in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km, it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe by discharge. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kelkit

The Kelkit River, is a river in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the longest tributary of the Yeşilırmak. Its name derives from the Armenian Gayl get. Its Greek name is Lykos, also meaning 'wolf', and romanized as Lycus. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Murat

The Murat River, also called Eastern Euphrates, is a major source of the Euphrates River. The Ancient Greeks and Romans used to call the river Arsanias. It originates near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in Eastern Turkey, and flows westward for 722 km through mountainous terrain. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sakarya

The Sakarya is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of the principal rivers of Asia Minor in Greek classical antiquity, and is mentioned in the Iliad and in Theogony. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Simav

The Simav or Susurluk River is a river in Anatolian Turkey. Its course is 321 km long and its basin comprises 22,400 km2. It was the classical Macestus. In the 19th century, it was known as the Mikalick. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)