Abstract Ophiolitic mélanges in Anatolia represent Mesozoic subduction-accretion complexes, which are unusually poor land-derived coarse-clastic rocks. A segment of the ophiolitic mélange Beynam region south Ankara was studied. The consists three accretionary units (AUs), distinguished by lithology, structure, age and geochemistry. At base there is a serpentinite mélange, overlain semi-intact U...