Abstract: The Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex (CACC), consisting of metamorphic rocks, ophiolites, andmagmatic intrusions, is the largest metamorphic complex in Turkey. It is also one of the key areas for reconstructionof the subduction zones, accommodating the Africa-Europe convergence since the Cretaceous in the EasternMediterranean.The Ayhan Basin, chosen as the study area, is a supra-detachment basin that developed on the CACC. Ithas basin infill with an age ranging from Paleocene to Quaternary, interrupted by angular unconformities, and is expected to contain the whole geological record of tectonic mechanisms which have affected the region fromPaleocene to Recent times. Producing a well-defined lithological map showing the structural elements of the basinis very important to understand the geological evolution of the Ayhan Basin and also to determine the spatialand temporal effects of the triggering mechanisms which deform the CACC. For this purpose, optical satelliteimage (Landsat TM and ASTER) processing techniques (pan-sharpening, resampling, principal component analysis,decorrelation stretching, and band combination), which have a widespread application, were used in determinationof the lineaments and lithological units, having different reflectance values. After this, detailed lithostratigraphy andgeological mapping of the Ayhan Basin were created by field verification.Considering the reconstructed stratigraphy and the geological map of the Ayhan Basin based on field observationand remotely sensed data, it has a depositional system that starts with continental deposits before Lutetian, thencontinues with marine sediments during the Eocene, and again ends with continental deposits. When the deformationprocesses are evaluated based on the trigger mechanisms of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex’s (CACC)evolution, the northern and southern part of the CACC show clearly different processes. Accordingly, the boundaryof the impact zone of the subduction zones in the north and south of the CACC is located between the Çiçekdağ andAyhan basins.