Sakarya (säkäryä'), anc. Sangarius, river, c.490 mi (790 km) long, rising on the Anatolian plateau, NW Turkey. It flows generally north in a series of huge bends past Adapazari to the Black Sea at Karasu. There are hydroelectric-power plants on the river. The Porsuk and Ankara rivers are its chief tributaries.
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Sakarya may refer to:
- Sakarya River, a river in central-northwestern Turkey
- Sakarya Province, a province in Turkey
- Adapazarı, capital district and capital city of Sakarya Province, Turkey
- Battle of Sakarya, one of the major battles in the "Turkish War of Independence"
- Nana (mythology)
- Sangarius (mythology)
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