Lake Durusu (also called Lake Terkos or Targus) is a lake in Thrace region of Turkey. It would be eliminated by the planned Istanbul Canal. The lake lies...
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Turkey. Its population is 746 (2022). It lies close to the namesake Lake Durusu and the Terkos Dam. The village is attested since Classical Antiquity...
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and local groups are opposed to the project because it would eliminate Lake Durusu,[clarification needed] which is used for a fifth of the city's drinking...
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Lakes portal Turkey portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes of Turkey. Geography of Turkey Regions of Turkey Rivers of Turkey Dams and reservoirs...
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Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü; Armenian: Վանա լիճ, romanized: Vana lič̣; Kurdish: Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey and Kurdistan. It lies in the...
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Germans. The Çakmak Line was built in two lines starting from Terkos Lake (Durusu) to Büyükçekmece. On these lines, there are military bunkers, some of...
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Lake Beyşehir (Turkish: Beyşehir Gölü; anciently, Carallis or Karallis (Ancient Greek: Κάραλλις), or Caralis or Karalis (Κάραλις)) is a large freshwater...
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river located in Istanbul. It originates from a source in the east of Lake Durusu. Eyüp passes through the districts of Şişli and pours into Haliç in Kâğıthane...
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Lake Salda is a mid-size crater lake in southwestern Turkey, within the boundaries of Yeşilova district of Burdur Province. It lies at a distance of about...
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Lake Çıldır (Turkish: Çıldır Gölü;; Georgian: ჩრდილი, ჩრდილის ტბა, Črdilis tba, meaning "lake of shadows", Armenian: Ծովակ Հիւսիսոյ, Tsovak Hyusiso, meaning...
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Lake Tuz (Turkish: Tuz Gölü meaning 'Salt Lake'; anciently Tatta — Ancient Greek: Τάττα, Latin: Tatta Lacus) was the second largest lake in Turkey with...
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Lake İznik (Turkish: İznik Gölü) is a freshwater lake in the Province of Bursa, Turkey. It is around 32 km in length and 10 km in width with a maximum...
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Terkos Dam is a lake-dam near the village of Durusu in the Çatalca district of Istanbul, Turkey. The development of the project on Lake Durusu (ancient name...
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Arnavutköy to the east. Fresh water for Istanbul is provided from by lakes Durusu and Çatalca. Yalıköy is a seaside resort of Çatalca. The Çilingoz Nature...
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Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü; Armenian: Ծովք լիճ, romanized: Covk‘ lič) is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazığ, notable...
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Lake Burdur (Turkish: Burdur Gölü) is a large saline lake of tectonic origin, positioned at the frontier between Burdur and Isparta provinces in southwestern...
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Lake Uluabat (Turkish: Uluabat Gölü and Apolyont Gölü) is the name of a freshwater lake in the vicinity of Bursa, Turkey. It is a large lake, covering...
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Lake Bafa (Turkish: Bafa Gölü) also known as Lake Çamiçi (Turkish: Çamiçi Gölü) and in earlier times the Vafi Sea (Turkish: Vafi Denizi) is a lake situated...
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Eğirdir (Turkish: Eğirdir Gölü, formerly Eğridir) is a lake in the Lakes Region of Turkey. The town of Eğirdir lies near its southern end, 107 kilometers...
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are several natural and artificial lakes in the Çatalca peninsula including Lake Durusu, Lake Büyükçekmece and Lake Küçükçekmece. During the reign of Byzantine...
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Bolu Province, northwestern Anatolia. The Lake Abant is a crater-barrier lake on the Abant Mountains. The lake is situated at an elevation of 1,328 m (4...
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Acıgöl (literally "the bitter lake" in Turkish) is a lake in Turkey's inner Aegean Region, in an endorheic basin at the junction between Denizli Province...
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Lake Kuş (Turkish: Kuş Gölü, lit. 'Bird Lake') or Lake Manyas (Turkish: Manyas Gölü) is a lake in western Turkey, located in the Bandırma region. It is...
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Lake Hıdırmenteş (Turkish: Hıdırmenteş Gölü); is a lake in Çaldıran district of Van province. It is closer to Çaldıran city center. It has been declared...
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Lake Sapanca (Turkish: Sapanca Gölü) (previous Greek name: Boáne (Βοάνη)) is a fresh water lake in Turkey, between the Gulf of İzmit and the Adapazarı...
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Lake Aygır (Turkish: Aygır Gölü); is a lake in the Susuz district of Kars province. Aygır Lake is a small lava dam and freshwater lake formed on volcanic...
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Kartsakhi Lake (Georgian: კარწახის ტბა, karts'akhis tba), or Lake Khozapini (Georgian: ხოზაფინის ტბა, khozap'inis tba; Turkish: Hazapin Gölü), or Lake Aktaş...
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Lake Akşehir (Turkish: Akşehir Gölü) is a tectonic freshwater endorheic lake in Afyonkarahisar and Konya provinces, in the southwestern part of Turkey...
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Uzungöl (category Lakes of Turkey)
Uzungöl (meaning "Long Lake"), or in the local Romeyka language: Şeraho, is a lake situated to the south of the city of Trabzon, in the Çaykara district...
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Lake Işıklı (Turkish: Işıklı Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Turkey's inner Aegean Region extending on Çivril Plain between the provinces of Denizli and...
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