Akpınar is a town and district of
Kırşehir Province
Kırşehir Province ( tr, ) is located in central Turkey, forming part of the central Anatolian region. It stands on the North Anatolian Fault, and is currently in an earthquake warning zone. The average elevation is approximately 985 meters abov ...
in the
Central Anatolia
The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray.
Located in Central Turkey, it is borde ...
region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district is 13,349, of whom 3,696 live in the town of Akpınar.
History
According to the article by Abdulbaki Uçan, ""
Türkçebilgi.com: Büyükabdiuşağı, Akpınar
/ref> Akpınar was founded by the primitive clans of the pre-Hittites. In the environs of Akpınar some artificial mounds support Uçan's assumption. He conducted a surface search in 2011 (Tekhöyük) and after that published an article on the surface ruins of Tekhöyük and İkiztepe Tumulus. In 1986 Tsugio Mikami and Sachihiro Omura were in the vicinity of Akpınar under the aegis of the Japan Middle Eastern Culture Center and found some ruins of the Iron Age and Bronze Age in the surface levels at Akpınar Höyük. Nevertheless there is no comprehensive research about the ancient history of Akpınar except for Uçan's article.
Notes
References
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* Abdulbaki Uçan, ''En Eski Çağlardan Günümüze Büyükabdiuşağı Ve Çevresi''(n.d.)
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Akpınar Daily News Site
Towns in Turkey
Populated places in Kırşehir Province
Districts of Kırşehir Province
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