MustafakemalpaÅŸa River

The Rhyndacus (Greek Ῥύνδακος, Latin: Rhyndacus ) is an important river in Asia Minor, today in its course today has several names, including Mustafakemalpasa Çayı, Adırnaz Çayı, Orhaneli Çayı. It rises on the northern slope of the Dindymosgebirges (today Murat Dagi ) in Phrygia. It flows in a northwesterly direction through Mysia, south on Mysian Olympus ( Uludağ ) over, north turned by the Artyniasee ( Abullonia Göl ), takes at Miletopolis ( Muhalitsch? ) The Makestos ( Simav Çayı ) and empties into the Sea of ​​Marmara.

On Rhyndacus 73 BC Lucullus defeated Mithridates. 1211 where it caused another battle between the armies of the Latin Emperor Henry and the Emperor of Nicaea, Theodore I, in the Henry won the victory.

In ancient times, the Byzantine Constantinople bridge over the river, and led Penkalasbrücke (2nd century AD) on the same feed in Aizanoi.