Kipoi or Kipi ( el, Κήποι) is a village in
Feres municipal unit,
Evros regional unit in northeastern
Greece
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. A major motorway
border crossing
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between Greece and
Turkey
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is located here. The town on the Turkish side is
İpsala
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. Kipoi was known as "Bahçeköy" ("Garden Village") or "Alibeyçiftliği" ("Ali Bey's Farm") during
Ottoman rule
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Governments and dynasties
* Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924
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. The settlements was created with the migration of Arvanites from
Turkey
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in 1923. They largely originate from the inhabitants of the villages of
Qytezë and
Sultanköy
Sultanköy is a town in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey.
Geography
Sultanköy is a coastal town in Marmaraereğlisi district of Tekirdağ Province.
It is situated in Rumeli (Thrace, the European part of Turkey) to the northeast of Marmaraere ...
.
Kipoi is located on the right bank of the river
Evros which forms the border between Greece and Turkey.
The Kipoi border crossing is the eastern starting/ending point of
European route E90
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Itinerary ...
which is also the Greek Motorway A2, known as
Egnatia Odos. The motorway connects to Turkish Highway D110.
References
Greece–Turkey border crossings
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
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Albanian communities of Western Thrace