Turkey
Gaziantep Province
Karkamış İlçesi

Karanfil

Karanfil, formerly and still informally called Çakıroğlu, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 165 in 2022. It is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 173 residents
  • Description: mahalle (adminstrative quarter) in Karkamış, Gaziantep, south-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Çakıroğlu”, “KaranfIl”, “Karanfil, Karkamış”, and “Karanfilkoey”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carchemish.

Photo: JoJan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires. is situated 4 km east of Karanfil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yarımca and Kıvırcık.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . The village had a population of 61 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . The village had a population of 235 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.

is a small border town in , noted for being the site of the ancient city of Carchemish.

Karanfil

Latitude
36.83012° or 36° 49′ 48″ north
Longitude
37.97315° or 37° 58′ 23″ east
Population
173
Elevation
379 metres (1,243 feet)
Open location code
8G8VRXJF+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2523335347
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
309476
Wiki­data ID
Q16397048
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“Karanfil” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չաքիրօղլու”
  • Cebuano: “Karanfılköy”
  • Chechen: “Каранфил”
  • German: “Karanfil”
  • Irish: “Karanfil”
  • Russian: “Karanfil’”
  • Tatar: “Каранфил”
  • Turkish: “Karanfil, Karkamış”
  • Turkish: “Karanfil”
  • Turkish: “Karanfilköy”
  • Uzbek: “Karanfil”
  • Vietnamese: “Karanfil, Karkamış”
  • Vietnamese: “Karanfil”
  • Yoruba: “Karanfil”
  • “Karanfil”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Karanfil”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.