Edirne Province

This article is about the province of the Republic of Turkey. For the province of the late Ottoman Empire, see Adrianople Vilayet.

Edirne Province Edirne ili
Province
Selimiye Mosque in Edirne
Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Edirne
Government
• Governor	Yunus Sezer
Area	6,145 km^2 (2,373 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	414,714
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0284
Website	www.edirne.gov.tr

Edirne Province (Turkish: Edirne ili) is a Turkish province located in East Thrace. Part of European Turkey, it is one of only three provinces located entirely within continental Europe. Its area is 6,145 km²,^[2] and its population is 414,714 (2022).^[1] Edirne Province is bordered by Tekirdağ Province and Kırklareli Province to the east, and the Gallipoli peninsula of Çanakkale Province to the south-east. It shares international borders with Bulgaria (Haskovo and Yambol Provinces) to the north and Greece (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace) to the west. Edirne is the capital of the province, and the largest city. It is the only province of Turkey that borders Greece.

History

Edirne, capital of the province, is notable for serving as the third capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1363 to 1453.

Edirne province was included in the Second Inspectorate General which was created on the 19 February 1934 and extended over the provinces of Edirne, Çanakkale, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ.^[3] It was ruled by an Inspector General, who had wide-ranging authorities over civilian, military and educational matters.^[4] The office of the Inspectorate-General was abandoned in 1948^[5] but the legal framework of the Inspectorate-Generals was only abolished in 1952, under the Government of the Democrat Party.^[6]

Until the reign of Selim I, there were remnant populations of so-called Tengri Turks in the province of Edirne who adhered to the ancient beliefs of Tengrism. It is assumed that it was a group of nomadic Yörüks.^[7]

Demographics

Selimiye Mosque is situated in Edirne

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	150,840	—
1940	251,373	+4.01%
1950	221,268	−1.27%
1960	276,479	+2.25%
1970	316,425	+1.36%
1980	363,286	+1.39%
1990	404,599	+1.08%
2000	402,606	−0.05%
2010	390,428	−0.31%
2018	411,528	+0.66%
source:[8][9]

Districts

Edirne districts

Edirne province is divided into 9 districts (capital district in bold):

• Edirne
• Enez
• Havsa
• İpsala
• Keşan
• Lalapaşa
• Meriç
• Süloğlu
• Uzunköprü

Gallery

• 
  Church of Saint John the Baptist in Uzunköprü.
• 
  Selimiye Mosque

See also

• Edirne Vilayet
• List of populated places in Edirne Province

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
3. Cagaptay, Soner (2006). Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey; Who is a Turk. Routledge. p. 47.
4. Pekesen, Berna (16 December 2019). Florian, Riedler; Kravietz, Birgit (eds.). The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 423–424. ISBN 978-3-11-063908-7.
5. Bayir, Derya (2016-04-22). Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law. Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-317-09579-8.
6. Bozarslan, Hamit (2008-04-17). Fleet, Kate; Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin (eds.). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
7. "Osmanlı'da Tengri İnancının Kalıntıları ve Kendi Kanını Akıtan Türkler". April 2020.
8. Genel Nüfus Sayımları
9. tuik

External links

• Edirne governor's official website (in Turkish)
• Edirne municipality's official website (in Turkish)
• Pictures of the capital of this province with its many great mosques
• Edirne Weather Forecast Information

41°07′12″N 26°31′14″E