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Village in Edirne, Turkey
Aliçopehlivan Koyunyeri
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Coordinates: 40°51′N 26°26′E / 40.850°N 26.433°E / 40.850; 26.433
CountryTurkey
ProvinceEdirne
Districtİpsala
Elevation55 m (180 ft)
Population1,782
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code22490
Area code0284

Aliçopehlivan (formerly Koyunyeri) is a village in the İpsala District of Edirne Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,782 (2022).

It is situated in the plains of Rumeli (East Thrace). The distance to İpsala is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and to Edirne is 140 kilometres (87 mi). During the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), the Muslim population (Turks and Pomaks) of the villages Lukovit and Koynare (both in modern Bulgaria) escaped from the Russian armies and were settled in the newly founded Koyunyeri (literally "place of sheep"), which refers to the ranges for sheep around the village and also bears semblance to the refugees' old village's name, Koynare.

A wrestler named Aliço, who won the Kırkpınar oil wrestling tournament for 27 consecutive years, was a resident of Koyunyeri, and in 1998, the village was renamed after Aliço (Aliçopehlivan literally means "wrestler Aliço").

Today, most of village residents either work in the dairy farms or in rice fields.

References

  1. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. "Village page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
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