Eskikaraağaç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of
Karacabey
Karacabey is a town and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey. It is located just west of the Simav River near its confluence with the Adirnaz River. District of Karacabey borders districts of Mudanya and Nilüfer from eas ...
,
Bursa Province
Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the nor ...
in Turkey. Its population is 199 (2022).
The village is located on a very small peninsula, inshore of
Lake Uluabat
Lake Uluabat ( tr, Uluabat Gölü and ) is the name of a freshwater lake in the vicinity of Bursa, Turkey. It is a large lake, covering an area of between 135 and 160 km2 depending on the water level, but very shallow, being only 3 m deep a ...
. The local community is composed of people who immigrated from
Drama, Greece
Drama ( el, Δράμα ) is a city and municipality in Macedonia, northeastern Greece. Drama is the capital of the regional unit of Drama which is part of the East Macedonia and Thrace region. The city (pop. 55.593 2021 censuis the economic cen ...
in 1924 as a result of
population exchange between Greece and Turkey
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...
, and people who immigrated from Bulgaria in 1937.
Eskikaraağaç is a Ramsar site. Local people are mainly employed in agriculture, and fisheries.
[ The village is designated for its dedication to the protection of the ]white stork
The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...
s and therefore is a member of European Stork Villages Network since 2011. The village is running an annual “Stork Festival” in early summer since 2005.
See also
*Yaren (stork)
Yaren is a white stork known for his friendship with a fisherman, Adem Yılmaz, living in Eskikaraağaç village of Bursa, Turkey.
Since 2010, the bird leaves Africa each year during his annual migration, flies back in March to the same fisherma ...
* Gölyazı
References
Neighbourhoods in Karacabey District
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