Country Turkey Elevation 20 m (65 ft) Postal code 39500 Area code 0288 | District Demirköy Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 39 Province Kırklareli Province | |
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Beğendik (former Ayostefano) is a village in Demirköy district of Kırklareli Province, Turkey. The village at 41°58′N 28°01′E is situated close to the Black Sea shore and the Bulgarian border. Distance to Demirköy is 39 kilometres (24 mi) and to Kırklareli is 113 kilometres (70 mi).The population of Beğendik was 271 as of 2012.
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Trivia
The name of the village Beğendik means "We liked it". According to tradition the village was in ruins. A high ranking man had visited the village and ordered to reconstruct it. Later during his second visit, the villagers asked his impression about the renewed village and the man said Beğendik ("We liked it").
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Beğendik, Demirköy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA