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Karapinar Destination Guide

Discover Karapinar in Turkey

Karapinar in the region of Erzincan is a town located in Turkey - some 319 mi or ( 513 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Karapinar

Local time in Karapinar is now 01:04 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Aleppo, Yukarikindir, Yukaridemirbuk, Yukaribudak, and Yunbuken. When in this area, you might want to check out Aleppo . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Karapinar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

SANDAL 8th part - documentary by tepteli - Özgür Alptekin

1:25 min by tepteliSTUDIO
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8th part of documantary project about nature in Koru Village /(TEPTE)-TR that devoloped by tepteli in 2006. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Karamagara Bridge

The Karamagara Bridge (Turkish: Karamağara Köprüsü, "Bridge of the Black Cave") is a late Roman bridge in the ancient region of Cappadocia in eastern Turkey, and possibly the earliest known pointed arch bridge.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.92 38.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Deck arch bridges, Late Roman Cappadocia, Roman bridges in Turkey, Roman-era Greek inscriptions, Stone bridges

Başbağlar massacre

The Başbağlar massacre is the name given to the event in which militants from the PKK, killed 33 Sunni Turkish civilians and burnt down the village of Başbağlar near Erzincan on July 5, 1993. The incident took place at the village of Başbağlar, near Kemaliye in Erzincan Province, when approximately 100 heavily armed militants rampaged through the village, dragging all the civilians to the village square and burning their homes and property.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 39.25 38.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 28 km away
Tags: 1993 in Turkey, Arson in Asia, History of Erzincan Province, Kemaliye, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Mass murder in 1993, Mass murder in Turkey, Massacres in Turkey, School fires