Çekerek River

The Çekerek River (Turkish: Çekerek Çayı, ancient Scylax) is a tributary of the Yeşil River in Turkey. It flows for about 270 km (170 mi) in a "southwest-northeast arc". Its source is near Tokat.^[1] The confluence with the Yeşil is just to the southeast of the village of Kayabaşı.^[2]

The ancient Bronze-Age Hittite site of Maşat Höyük, not far from Zile, lies near the banks of the Çekerek. It was occupied at least as early as the Middle Kingdom period in 1420-1340 BC, as military reports have been unearthed there.^[3]

The Çekerek, Yeşil and Delice rivers provide for a rich agriculture in the region.^[4] On the Kümbet Ova plain, the river allows the cultivation of wheat, onions, sugar beets and other vegetables and fruit.^[5]

References

1. The World and Its Peoples: Israel, Turkey. Greystone Press. 1966. p. 112.
2. "Çekerek River" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
3. Connolly, Peter; Gillingham, John; Lazenby, John (13 May 2016). The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare. Taylor & Francis. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-135-93681-5.
4. Larsen, Mogens Trolle (17 September 2015). Ancient Kanesh: A Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia. Cambridge University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-316-42544-2.
5. Özgüç, Tahsin (1978). Maşat Höyük kazı̲ları̲ ve çevresindeki araştırmalar. Türk Tarih Kurumu Bası̲mevi. p. 70.

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