Karapınar or Macarköy (
Hungarian: ''Feketeforrás or Magyarfalu (Madzsarköj))'' is a Hungarian village in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
, at the
Aegean shore. Karapınar is the new name of the village.
In June 2015 it was reported that several sinkholes up to 70 feet deep appeared around the town. Most have been on farmland and are of great concern to the local farmers.
It was blamed on recent heavy rains dissolving the limestone underground.
History
This village was established 420 years ago. The villagers were settled in the village when part of the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
was occupied by the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
.
See also
*
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...
*
Magyarab
The MagyarabGéza BalázsThe Story of Hungarian: A Guide to the Language Corvina Books, 1997,p. 20 are a community living along the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan. They are of Hungarians, Hungarian ancestry, probably dating back to the late 16th ...
References
External links
About the village
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Towns in Turkey