Ceyhan

Ceyhan
—  City  —
Location of Ceyhan within Turkey.
Ceyhan Location of Ceyhan
Coordinates: 37°2′N 35°49′E / 37.033°N 35.817°E / 37.033; 35.817Coordinates: 37°2′N 35°49′E / 37.033°N 35.817°E / 37.033; 35.817
Country	Turkey
Region	Mediterranean
Province	Adana
Government
- Mayor	Hüseyin Sözlü (MHP)
Population (2010)
- Urban	105,879
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	01x xx
Licence plate	01
Website	http://www.ceyhan.bel.tr

Ceyhan (pronounced [dʒeːˈhan]) is a city in southeast Turkey and with 105,000 (2010) inhabitants (150,000 in the metropolitan area) it is the second largest city of Adana Province after the capital Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Russian oil and natural gas. It is situated on the Ceyhan River, from which it takes its name, in central Çukurova, 43 km (27 mi) east of Adana. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan.

The oil terminals

Ceyhan's marine transport terminal is the Mediterranean terminus of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline (the "BTC") which brings crude oil from the landlocked Caspian Sea across Azerbaijan and Georgia, and entering Turkey in the northeast. The pipeline was completed in May 2005. The terminal contains seven storage tanks, a jetty capable of loading two tankers of up to 300,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) simultaneously, metering facilities, a waste water treatment plant and vapor incineration ("burn-off") facilities.

Ceyhan Terminal is also the destination of Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline and planned Samsun-Ceyhan by-pass pipeline. In future Ceyhan will be also a natural gas hub for a planned pipeline constructed parallel to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, and for a planned extension of the Blue Stream Gas Pipeline to from Samsun to Ceyhan.

Set to become a crossroad in the near future, Ceyhan's significance in political terms is also expected to rise considerably, as stressed during an early 2006 symposium organized by the municipality.^[1]

Modern city of Ceyhan

Ceyhan is the second most developed and populated city of Adana Province after Adana. Like everywhere else on this coast it is roasting hot in summer. There are a number of restaurants serving the legendary Adana kebab. The river runs through the city center.

Places of interest

• The caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa.
• Yılan kale - a castle on a steep rock, built in the 12th century, during the Crusades to control the Çukurova plain and trade routes east.
• Tumlu Kale or Dumlukale - another castle.
• Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittite emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.

International relations

Twin towns-sister cities

• Sumgait, Azerbaijan^[2]

See also

• Çukurova
• Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area
• Cilicia War
• Chronology of the Turkish War of Independence

Footnotes

1. ^ From Ceyhun to Ceyhan - Papers presented during the 29 March-1 April 2006 symposium organized by the municipality of Ceyhan covering the region's culture and ethnography, as well as the broader subjects of the international oil industry, the Caucasus and the Cyprus dispute. (Turkish)
2. ^ "Sumqayıt şəhər icra hakimiyyəti. Beynəlxalq Əlaqələr [Sumgayit Executive Power. International Relations]". http://sumqayit-ih.gov.az/content.php?page=beynelxalq_elaqeler. Retrieved 2010-12-29.