Bakırçay
Bakırçay 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 city of Pergamon and was the site of the Battle of the Caecus River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey
- Also known as: “Aduros”, “Bakir Cayi”, “Bakır Çayı”, “Caicus”, “Caïcus”, “Kaïkos”, and “Kör Azmak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çandarlı and Yaylayurt.
Çandarlı
Village
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Çandarlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 8,021. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Çandarlı is situated 6 km west of Bakırçay.
Yaylayurt
Village
Yaylayurt is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 371. It is situated to the north of Gulf of Çandarlı. The distance to Dikili is 15 kilometres and to İzmir is 105 kilometres. Yaylayurt is situated 7 km west of Bakırçay.
Zeytindağ
Village
Zeytindağ is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bergama, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,669. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Zeytindağ is situated 7 km northeast of Bakırçay.
Bakırçay
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Bakırçay” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ካይኮስ ወንዝ”
- Arabic: “باقر جاي”
- Arabic: “باقرجاي”
- Arabic: “قيقوس”
- Arabic: “نهر باقر”
- Arabic: “نهر قيقوس”
- Asturian: “Ríu Bakırçay”
- Catalan: “Bakır Çay”
- Catalan: “Caïc”
- Catalan: “riu Bakır”
- Cebuano: “Bakır Çayı”
- Chinese: “卡伊库斯河”
- Chinese: “卡伊庫斯河”
- Croatian: “Bakırçay”
- Dutch: “Bakırçay”
- French: “Bakırçay”
- French: “Caïque”
- German: “Aduros”
- German: “Bakırçay”
- German: “Caicus”
- German: “Kaïkos”
- Greek: “Κάικος ποταμός”
- Irish: “Bakırçay”
- Latin: “Caicus”
- Macedonian: “Бакирчај”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakırçay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakırçay”
- Norwegian: “Bakırçay”
- Romanian: “Bakırçay”
- Romanian: “Caic”
- Romanian: “Kaikos”
- Russian: “Бакыр”
- Russian: “Каик”
- Slovenian: “Bakırçay”
- Spanish: “Rio Bakir”
- Spanish: “Río Bakir”
- Turkish: “Bakır Çayı”
- Turkish: “Bakırçay”
- Uzbek: “Bakir”
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