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District and municipality in Şanlıurfa, Turkey

Karaköprü

Karaköprü is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

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Its area is 1,222 km2, and its population is 265,035 (2022). The district Karaköprü was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Şanlıurfa Province, along with the new districts Eyyübiye and Haliliye. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Şanlıurfa and the adjacent countryside. Its eponymous city center is slightly north from central Urfa. In the local elections of March 2019, Metin Baydilli was elected Mayor of Karaköprü. The current Kaymakam is Yakup Kılınçoğlu.

How locals move

Getting around Karaköprü the local way

  • Get aroundThe city has a network of minibus lines, although all sights are located in the easily walkable compact old town.
  • Go nextGo to Harran (about 45 km south, by dolmuş from the otogar.
  • Go nextYou can also find a dolmuş to Harran near the Havas bus stop, opposite Nevali hotel; on Google Maps you can see the small road named 124.

From Wikivoyage: Urfa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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