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Karaköprü
Karaköprü ( ku, Pira Reş) is a district and second level municipality in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its eponymous city center is slightly north from central Urfa. In the local elections of March 2019, Metin Baydilli was elected Mayor of Karaköprü. The current Kaymakam is Ufuk Akıl. According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law (Law No. 6360), all Turkish provinces with a population of more than 750,000, will become metropolitan municipalities and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts. Therefore, in 2014, the Şanlıurfa Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features ... (Urfa) central district was split into three sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gölpınar, Şanlıurfa
Gölpınar is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Karaköprü, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its population is 670 (2022). It is located about north of Urfa. It is located just south of the road to Kabahaydar, east of the road's intersection with the main Urfa-Siverek highway. It lies on a plain that stretches east toward Kabahaydar, between the Akziyaret Tepe hill to the north and the forested hills called Atatürk Ormanı (part of Germuş Dağ) to the south. There is a spring in the east of the village. Archaeology The village sits on top of a small archaeological mound about 250 m in diameter and 10 m in height. In some places, erosion from the spring has revealed basalt architectural fragments. Old relief fragments are also visible in the walls of some houses. Two ancient stone artifacts were found at Gölpınar: one is a broken stele, 116 cm tall and 42 cm wide, is now kept at the Şanlıurfa Museum; the other is an orthostat measuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |