Edirne Province
{{about|the province of the Republic of Turkey|the province of the late Ottoman Empire|Adrianople Vilayet}}
{{Short description|Province of Turkey}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = province
| name =
| other_name = Edirne ili
| image_skyline = Selimiye_Mosque_and_The_Statue_of_Architect_Sinan_-_panoramio.jpg
| image_caption = Selimiye Mosque in Edirne
| image_shield =
| image_map = Edirne in Turkey.svg
| map_caption = Location of the province within Turkey
| seat = Edirne
| leader_name = Yunus Sezer
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 6145
|leader_title=Governor| elevation_m =
| population_total = 414714
| population_as_of = 2022
| website = {{url|http://www.edirne.gov.tr/}}
| area_code = 0284
}}
Edirne Province ({{langx|tr|{{italics correction|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,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}} and its population is 414,714 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Cagaptay|first=Soner|title=Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey; Who is a Turk|publisher=Routledge|year=2006|pages=47}} It was ruled by an Inspector General, who had wide-ranging authorities over civilian, military and educational matters.{{Cite book|last=Pekesen|first=Berna|title=The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections|date=16 December 2019|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=978-3-11-063908-7|editor-last=Florian|editor-first=Riedler|pages=423–424|language=en|editor-last2=Kravietz|editor-first2=Birgit}} The office of the Inspectorate-General was abandoned in 1948{{Cite book|last=Bayir|first=Derya|title=Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law|date=2016-04-22|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-09579-8|page=141|language=en}} but the legal framework of the Inspectorate-Generals was only abolished in 1952, under the Government of the Democrat Party.{{Cite book|last=Bozarslan|first=Hamit|title=The Cambridge History of Turkey|date=2008-04-17|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-62096-3|editor-last=Fleet|editor-first=Kate|pages=343|language=en|editor-last2=Faroqhi|editor-first2=Suraiya|editor-last3=Kasaba|editor-first3=Reşat|editor-last4=Kunt|editor-first4=I. Metin}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://turkcemalumatlar.com/2020/04/01/osmanlida-tengri-inancinin-kalintilari-ve-kendi-kanini-akitan-turkler/ | title=Osmanlı'da Tengri İnancının Kalıntıları ve Kendi Kanını Akıtan Türkler | date=April 2020 }}
Demographics
{{Historical populations|1927|150,840|1940|251,373|1950|221,268|1960|276,479|1970|316,425|1980|363,286|1990|404,599|2000|402,606|2010|390,428|2018|411,528|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/nufusmenuapp/menu.zul Genel Nüfus Sayımları][https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/yordambt/yordam.php tuik]}}
Districts
Gallery
File:Church of Saint John the Baptist, Uzunköprü (1).jpg|Church of Saint John the Baptist in Uzunköprü.
File:2013-Turquia-Edirne-0006_(37184674376).jpg|Selimiye Mosque
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.edirne.gov.tr/|Edirne governor's official website}} {{in lang|tr}}
- {{Official website|http://www.edirne.bel.tr/|Edirne municipality's official website}} {{in lang|tr}}
- [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/edirne_turkey Pictures of the capital of this province with its many great mosques]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051212185317/http://turkeyforecast.com/weather/edirne/ Edirne Weather Forecast Information]
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