List of rivers of Turkey
Rivers of Turkey can be divided into several groups depending on where they flow.
Flow into the [Black Sea]
[Europe]
- Mutludere flows from Turkey into Bulgaria. 112 km
- Veleka flows into Bulgaria and then into the Black Sea. 147 km
[Anatolia]
- 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 - tributary
- Sakarya River is the third longest river in Turkey, also known as Sangarius. 824 km
- *Seydisuyu
- *Porsuk River
- *Ankara River
- Harşit River in Gümüşhane and Giresun
- Yeşilırmak 'Green River'. 418 km
- *Çekerek River is a tributary
- *Kelkit River is a tributary
- Yağlıdere
- *Kılıçlar River
- *Tohumluk River
- *Üçköprü is not actually a river but the point where the Kılıçlar and Tohumluk meet
- Aksu Deresi in Giresun Province
- Batlama River in Giresun
- Bartın River
- Çoruh River
- Gelevara Deresi
- Kara Dere
- Machakhlistskal(i)
- Terme River
- Filyos River
Flow into the [Marmara Sea]
- Biga Çayı, the classical Granicus
- Mustafakemalpaşa Çayı, the classical Rhyndacus
- Simav Çayı or Susurluk Çayı, the classical Makestos
Flow into the [Aegean Sea]
Europe
- Meriç is in the European section of Turkey and has its source in Bulgaria. It is 480 km long.
- *Tunca is a 350 km tributary in Bulgaria
- *Ergene is a tributary inside of Turkey.
Anatolia
- Azmak Creek
- Bakırçay
- Büyük Menderes River. 548 km
- *Lycus (river of Phrygia)
- **Cadmus (river)
- Cayster River or Küçük Menderes. 114 km
- Gediz River. 401 km
- *Pactolus
- Karamenderes River
Flow into the [Mediterranean Sea]
- Aksu
- Manavgat River
- Köprüçay River
- Dim River
- Kaledran Creek
- Dragon Creek (Turkey)
- Sini Creek
- Göksu
- Limonlu Çayı
- Alata River
- Tömük Creek
- Karacaoğlan River
- Tece Creek
- Mezitli River
- Efrenk River
- Deliçay
- Berdan River
- Seyhan River
- *Zamantı River
- Ceyhan River. 509 km
- *Harman Çayı
- *Göksun Çayı 115 km
- Payas River
- Deli Çay River
- Asi River
- *Afrin River
- **Karasu
Flow into the [Persian Gulf]
- Euphrates
- *Khabur River
- **Jaghjagh River
- *Sajur River
- *Karasu
- *Murat River
- **Kocasu Creek (Hınıs)
- Tigris
- *Great Zab
- *Little Khabur
- *Botan River
- *Batman River
- *Hezir River
Flow into the [Caspian Sea]
- Kura River
- *Aras River
- **Arpaçay River is a tributary of the Aras. It arises in Armenia and forms part of the border between Armenia and Turkey before joining the Aras.