Karaagach

Karaağaç (Greek: Ορεστιάδα, formerly anglicized as Orestiada) is a settlement in the İpsala District of Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey. It was a part of the defensive line Lüleburgaz - Karaağaç - Bunarhisar in the First Balkan War. In this times the name of the situated here Adrianopol railway station is "Demirtash" (French: Demir Tashe (Demir-Tashe) Turkish: Demirtaş (Timurtaş)) At the border to Greece opposite Kastanies, Karaağaç is located on the river Maritsa and serves as the last train stop in Turkey to Europe. The state road D.100 connects Karaağaç to Kastanies. In 1890, a large train station was built in Karaağaç on the left bank the river. The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) constructed in 1971 a new train station at the...