Karapınar (Konya)
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| Province (il) : | Konya | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Karapinar | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 43 ' N , 33 ° 33' E | |||
| Height : | 997 m | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 332 | |||
| Postal code : | 42400 | |||
| License plate : | 42 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2020) | ||||
| Mayor : | Mehmet Yaka ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Hankapı, İnönü Cd. No: 3 42400 Karapınar / Konya |
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Karapınar is a city in the Turkish province of Konya . Since a regional reform in 2014 , the municipality ( Belediye ) has the same area as the district of the same name ( İlçe ). All previous villages ( Köy ) are now districts ( Mahalle ) of the municipality. The city is located about 100 kilometers east of the provincial capital Konya .
Surname
Karapınar means something like black fountain or black spring in German. Under Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent , the originally Greek city was named Sultâniye in the 16th century. In 1934, under Ataturk, the name of the city was changed to Karapınar as part of the Turkish policy .
The following story is told about the second founding of the city: Because of the many bands of robbers, there was no longer a settlement on the road from Konya to Ereğli . Stagecoaches and caravans were constantly ambushed. One day Sultan Selim II came along and rested on the river bank. His men pitched their tents on the bank. The Sultan looked into the water of the river and saw that it was colored red. They looked for the reason for this and found many dead people lying on the bank whose blood ran into the river and discolored the water. That is why the Sultan called the place Kanlıpınar , in German bleeding water . The Sultan founded the Karapınar community so that this area is protected and the messengers and caravans can travel safely.
geography
Karapınar is located on 997 m height in the middle of endorheic Central Anatolian Basin in the intersection of three major regions: the plain of Konya (in Turkish: Konya Ovasi ) to the west, the plain of Ereğli (Turkish: Ereğli Ovasi ) in the south and the Dolinenhochland (Turkish: Obruk Yaylası ) in the North. The landscape is largely without trees and bushes and has a desert-like character. Erosion caused by wind causes great damage.
climate
Karapınar has a typical southern continental climate. In the summer months July to September the temperature can reach up to 35 ° C, while in the winter months December, January and February hardly 8 ° C maximum temperature is reached and heavy frost and snowfall can be expected. The 20-year average temperature is 10.9 ° C. The hottest month is July with an average temperature of 22 ° C and maximum temperatures up to 41.2 ° C, the coldest is January with 0 ° C; in February the extreme value measured was −26.8 ° C.
The little rain falls in the months of October to May; July and August are extremely dry. The average annual rainfall is decreasing more and more and was last in 2008 232.1 mm.
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Monthly averages for Karapınar 1983–2006
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population
In 2014 there was a change in the calculation bases for the number of inhabitants due to the incorporation associated with the regional reform. Karapınar had 49,978 inhabitants in 2019.
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1960 | 10,767 |
| 1965 | 12,989 |
| 1970 | 16,065 |
| 1975 | 19,589 |
| 1980 | 23,825 |
| 1985 | 26,231 |
| 1990 | 26,849 |
| 2000 | 35,285 |
| 2007 | 31,913 |
| 2010 | 31,986 |
| 2011 | 32,449 |
| 2013 | 33,390 |
| 2014 | 33,500 |
| 2019 | 38.009 |
history
The history of the settlement probably goes back to proto-ethical times . However, ruins from this period have not been preserved. As a result, the area shared the history of Anatolia, especially the Lycaonia and Cappadocia landscapes , in the border area of which was the place of today's Karapınar.
Until the Battle of Mantzikert in 1071, the area belonged to the Byzantine Empire . By 1076 at the latest it was part of the Sultanate of the Rum Seljuks . With the end of the Seljuk Sultanate around 1307/08, the Karamanids took over rule. 1467/68 the area was occupied. In 1467 the area was occupied by Mehmet the Conqueror during the conquest of Beyliks Karaman and has belonged to the Ottoman Empire ever since .
Around 1500, the area had become unsafe in the wake of the unrest that shortly afterwards led to the Celali uprisings . The residents left their settlements and fled from the robbers to the edge of the Karacadağ Mountains. Traveling by road from Konya to Adana became increasingly unsafe. In 1514 the residents of the area complained to Sultan Selim I and asked for protection. He then had the place fortified and stationed a troop of soldiers for the safety of the street and the residents.
Since Karapınar was on the road from Constantinople to Mecca, a caravanserai with numerous outbuildings was built under Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent by his son, the governor of Konya and later Sultan Selim II. From 1560 to 1563 . The famous architect Sinan was commissioned with the construction . From now on the place was called Sultâniye in honor of Suleyman .
In 1868 the Kaza Sultâniye was established as the forerunner of today's administrative district ( İlçe ), in 1882 Sultâniye was established as a municipality. After the founding of the Republic of Turkey and as part of the Turkish policy , the name of the city was changed from Sultâniye to Karapınar. In 2014, the area of Karapınar City was expanded to include the entire district as a result of the regional reform.
economy
In the north-east of the city, the world's largest photovoltaic open-space system with a planned installed capacity of 4,400 kWp, the Karapınar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanı, YEKA (roughly German: Park for Renewable Energy in Karapınar ) , has been under construction since 2014 . The plant covers an area of 82,500 m² and is expected to produce 7,181,600 kWh annually. Construction costs rose from a forecast of 1 billion US dollars to over 1.5 billion US dollars. The first feed-in of energy from part of the system began on July 15, 2020.
Otherwise the economy is dominated by agriculture. Most of the residents live from agriculture and its products. Sheep breeding is particularly important. Tourism does not play an essential role.
Karapınar is known in Turkey for its hand-knotted carpets and weaving.
Infrastructure
Karapınar is located on the main road, the D 330, from Konya to Adana. The next larger city to the west is Konya, about 100 km away. If you follow the D 330 to the east, Ereğli is the next larger city after 53 km. To the north there is a local road connection to Aksaray , a hundred kilometers away . The nearest airport is in Konya.
politics
The mayor Mehmet Yaka, who has been in office since 2014, a dentist from Karapınar and a member of the AKP , was re-elected in 2019 with 56.3%. In the last local election in 2019 (the results from 2014 in brackets), the AKP, which formed a bloc with the MHP (2014: 28.44%), was the strongest party with 58.98% (2014: 44.39%) of the votes . It is followed by the CHP (Republican People's Party) with 38.3% (2014: 24.24%). Of the smaller parties, the SAADET (Party of Happiness) achieved 1.73% (2014: 1.7%), the BBP (Party of Great Unity) 0.62% (2014: not run) and the Vatan Partisi (Fatherland Party) 0.17% (2014: not started). The turnout was 90.54% (93.65%).
Culture
The center of the city is the Selimiye Külliyesi , a group of buildings that was built between 1560 and 1563. The complex was built under Sultan Selim II , the son of Sultan Suleyman I ; The architect was the famous builder Sinan . The entire complex includes a mosque, water reservoirs several wells, a Koran school (Turkish: Medrese ), a bathhouse (Turkish: Hamam ), a public kitchen (Turkish: Imaret ), an Ottoman closed bazaar with 33 shops, a guest house, two windmills ( which no longer exist today) and the caravanserai , which offers space for over a hundred people. The Turkish bath was a donation from the Valide Sultan , mother of Sultan Selim II. It now houses the Karapınar City Museum. The entire complex is now a national heritage site and was completely renovated in 1987/88 and 2011/12. The mosque was equipped with two minarets. The mosque itself has a square floor plan, is almost fifteen meters high and covered with a 22 meter diameter dome.
The city has a high school and a secondary vocational school. A hospital - a branch of the Konya Clinics - is also located in the city.
nature
About seven kilometers to the east is the Meke Gölü, a ring-shaped crater lake with a second eruption point. Two kilometers north of Meke Gölü is Acıgöl, a salty lake in a former volcanic crater.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.karapinar.bel.tr/belediye-tarihi
- ↑ a b http://www.selcuk.edu.tr/Sayfa.aspx?birim=063&sayfa=1941&dt=1
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.nufusune.com/karapinar-ilce-nufusu-konya
- ↑ "2011 genel nüfus sayımı verileri" (html). Türkiye İstatistics Kurumu. 3 Kasım 2012 tarihinde özgün kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 3 Kasım 2012
- ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/turkey-konya_d.php?cityid=1385
- ↑ https://www.karapinar.bel.tr/karapinar-tarihi
- ↑ http://www.karapinar.gov.tr
- ↑ http://www.deutsch-tuerkische-nachrichten.de/2012/07/456481/60-000-neue-jobs-tuerkische-regierung-will-zwei-neue-industrieregionen-ausmachen/
- ↑ https://www.teknoenerji.com.tr/karapinar-ges/
- ↑ https://www.enerjigunlugu.net/karapinar-yenilenebilir-enerji-kaynak-alani-belirlendi-15209h.htm
- ↑ https://www.teknoenerji.com.tr/karapinar-ges/
- ↑ http://www.yerelnet.org.tr/belediyeler/belediye.php?belediyeid=127902
- ↑ https://secim.haberler.com/2019/yerel-secimler/konya-karapinar-secim-sonuclari/
- ↑ http://acikerisim.fsm.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11352/1064/Dülgerler.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- ↑ Information board in the Karapınar bazaar
