Tepekoy (Kaman)
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Kırşehir | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Arrived | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 12 ′ N , 33 ° 51 ′ E | |||
| Height : | 975 m | |||
| Residents : | 210 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 386 | |||
| Postal code : | 40 302 | |||
| License plate : | 40 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
| Mayor : | Ömer Şen | |||
Tepeköy is a village in Kaman County, Kırşehir Province . The village is located about 20 km southeast of the county town of Kaman.
The name of the village, which is located on a hill, is made up of the components "Tepe = hill" and "köy = village". The Nihat Tekin Mosque in town was built in 1997.
The village is a Turkmen village, the inhabitants of which consist of several clans (Kabile). The clans originally came from the Khorasan area (eastern Iran). The village was founded in the first half of the 19th century. The village was already very well developed in the middle of the 20th century, at that time it had a primary school and a secondary school as well as a post office and a police station. At this time children from the neighboring villages also attended school. With the emigration to Europe in the 1950s, the number of inhabitants and the importance of the place decreased. Most of the emigrants settled in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France.
Administratively, the village belongs to the Kaman County and is located directly on the border with the central Kırşehir County (Merkez) . The village of İbrişim (popularly Erbişim) is located in the south and is five kilometers away. Meşeköy is also a neighboring village and is two kilometers away. The Kurdish villages Çadırlıkörmehmet and Çadırlıhacıbayram are also neighboring villages and were even affiliated to Tepeköy in the past. Tepeköy is geographically located almost in the middle between Kaman and Kırşehir.
There is a continental climate. The maximum temperatures in winter are around five to eight ° C, the night temperatures are below freezing point. In summer 30–35 degrees during the day and 18–23 degrees at night are measured. Snow is not uncommon. Due to the low precipitation (350 mm) per year, the barren landscape is similar to steppes and deserts. The number of hours of sunshine over the year is between 2600 and 2850 hours.
Web links
- Information and a history of the village
- Statistics on Tepeköy (Turkish) ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )