Ceyhan () is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,426 km2, and its population is 158,922 (2022). It is the most populous district of the province, outside the city of Adana. Ceyhan is the transportation hub for Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil and natural gas. The city is situated on the Ceyhan River that flows through the Çukurova plain. The Ceyhan River is dammed at Aslantas to provide flood control and irrigation for the lower river basin around Ceyhan.
Climate Ceyhan has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) with very hot, muggy summers with low precipitation, and mild, rainy winters.
Economy Ceyhan's marine transport terminal at the Port of Ceyhan 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, 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 simultaneously, metering facilities, a waste water treatment plant and vapor incineration ("burn-off") facilities.
Ceyhan Port is also the destination of Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. This pipeline was closed in 2024 due to a payment dispute but resumed operations on 27 September 2025 after an interim agreement was reached between Iraq's federal oil ministry, the natural resources ministry of the Kurdistan Region, and international oil companies operating in the region.
Transport Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is the closest airport to Ceyhan west of the city. There are domestic and international flights to numerous destinations from the airport. There was a plane crash here in 1999. A Saudi bound plane carrying Hajj pilgrims crashed a few minutes after takeoff. There were many deaths.
Ceyhan railway station was opened in 1912 as part of the Berlin–Baghdad railway. The station is currently served by two regional lines and one long-distance line. Regional lines run from Mersin to İskenderun and Mersin to İslahiye; long-distance line runs from Adana to Elazığ. There are three services daily to Adana Central Station to connect to the western destinations; Mersin, Ankara, Karaman and Kayseri.
Places of interest The Caravanserai of Kurtkulağı - built in 1659 by Hüseyin Paşa, architect Mehmed Ağa. Tumlu Kale or Dumlukale - another castle. Sirkeli Höyük - built to commemorate a battle here between Hittite emperor Muvattali and the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses.
Composition There are 112 neighbourhoods in Ceyhan District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Adapınar Adatepe Ağaçlı Ağaçpınar Akdam Altıgözbekirli Altıkara Altıocak Atatürk Aydınlar Aytemuroğlu Azizli Başören Belediye Evleri Birkent Bota Burhaniye Burhanlı Büyükburhaniye Büyükkırım Büyükmangıt Çakaldere Camuzağılı Çataklı Çatalhüyük Çevretepe Ceyhanbekirli Çiçekli Çiftlikler Civantayak Çokçapınar Cumhuriyet Dağıstan Değirmendere Değirmenli Dikilitaş Dokuztekne Doruk Durhasandede Dutlupınar Ekinyazı Elmagölü Emek Erenler Esentepe Fatih Sultan Mehmet Gazi Osman Paşa Gümürdülü Gündoğan Günlüce Hamdilli Hamidiye Hamitbey Hamitbeybucağı Hürriyet İmran İnceyer İnönü Irmaklı İsalı Isırganlı İstiklal Karakayalı Kelemeti Kılıçkaya Kıvrıklı Kızıldere Konakoğlu Köprülü Körkuyu Koruklu Kösreli Küçükburhaniye Küçükkırım Küçükmangıt Kurtkulağı Kurtpınar Kuzucak Mercimek Mercin Mithatpaşa Modernevler Muradiye Mustafabeyli Namık Kemal Narlık Nazımbey Yeniköy Sağırlar Sağkaya Şahin Özbilen Sarıbahçe Sarımazı Sarısakal Şehit Hacı Ibrahim Selimiye Sirkeli Soğukpınar Soysallı Tatarlı Tatlıkuyu Toktamış Tumlu Üçdutyeşilova Ulus Veysiye Yalak Yarsuat Yellibel Yeşilbahçe Yeşildam Yılankale Zübeyde Hanım
International relations
Ceyhan is twinned with: Sumgait, Azerbaijan
See also Çukurova Cilicia War Timeline of the Turkish War of Independence Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline
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