Edirne
AREA: 6.276 km²
POPULATION: 40.599 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 22
DISTRICTS: Edirne (center),
Enez, Havsa, İpsala, Keşan, LalaPasha, Meriç, Süloğlu, Uzunköprü.
SITES OF INTEREST: Koru
Mountain and Söğütlük forest recreation areas, Sarayiçi, Erikli beach,
Edirne and Enez castles, Khrysopege Church, Peykler Medresesi (old
theological school), Saatli Medrese (old theological school), Saray-ı
Cedid, (New Palace), II. Bayezıd and Sokullu or Kasım Pasha complexes,
Yıldırım Bayezıd, Eski Beylerbeyi, Gazi Mihal, Mezit Bey (Yeşilce),
Muradiye, Şah Melek, Üç Şerefeli and Selimiye mosques, Bazaar, Ali Pasha
Shops and Arasta, Rüstem Pasha Inn (caravansary) and Ekmekçioğlu Ahmed
Pasha Inn also called Ayşe Kadın, Küçük Rüstem Pasha Inn, Gazi Mihal,
Saraçhane (Şehabeddin Pasha), Fatih, Bayezıd, Yalnız Göz, Saray
(Kanuni), Tunca, Meriç bridges, Uzunköprü, Edirne Archeology and
Ethnography and Edirne Turkish Islamıc Works Museums.
Camps
Fifi Mocamp
Demirkapı Mev./Edirne
Tel: (284) 235 79 08
National Parks And Forest Campsites
Göktepe
Mecidiyeköyü, Keşan / Edirne
Tel: (284) 212 43 07
Danişment
Danişment, Keşan / Edirne
Tel: (284) 212 43 07
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (284) 213 02 32
Fax: (284) 213 02 32
Edirne State Turkish Music Ensemble
Directorate
Address: Edirne Kültür Müdürlüğü
Edirne
Topluluk Tel: (0 284) 213 02 32
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
Eski Vali Konağı
EDİRNE
Tel: (0 284) 225 20 39
Fax: 223 02 32
Museum
Edirne Museum
Address: Selimiye Camii Yanı - Edirne
Tel: (284) 225 11 20
Historical Sites and Ruins
Enez (Ainos) Kale - Enez/Edirne
Registered Immobile Cultural and
Natural Heritages in Edirne
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 21
Urban Sites: -
Natural Sites: 23
Historical Sites: 1
Other Sites
Historical and Natural Sites: 1
Historical and Urban: 2
Total: 48
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 1000
TOTAL: 1048
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
Sultan Nevruz Day
Edirne
21-22 March
Commemoration day for Mimar Sinan
Edirne- Center
9 April
Kırkpınar Traditional Wrestling
Edirne (Sarayiçi)
28 June-4 July
Celebration of the Hunters
Edirne (Süloğlu and LalaPasha)
First Week of September
Arrival of Atatürk at Edirne
Edirne-Center
21-25 December
Karagün (The Black Day)
Edirne-Center
26 March
Commemoration day for Fatih Sultan Mehmed
Edirne
29 March
Havsa Wrestling
Havsa
11 June
Freedom from Occupation Days:
Freedom Day - Uzunköprü
Uzunköprü
18 November
Freedom Day - Keşan
Keşan
19 November
Freedom Day - Meriç
Meriç
19 November
Freedom Day - İpsala
İpsala
20 November
Freedom Day - Enez
Enez
23 November
Freedom Day - Havsa
Havsa
23 November
Freedom Day - Edirne
Edirne
25 November
Freedom Day - LalaPasha
LalaPasha
27 November
Sırpsındığı Battle Victory
Sarayakpınar Village
21 October
Festivals:
Enez Fish Festival
Enez
First week in June
Festivities:
Kakava Festivity
Edirne Acı Çeşme and Gogo Graveyard
5-6 May
Hıdrellez
Edirne
5-6 May
Hıdrellez
İpsala (recreational areas in the vicinity)
6 May
Keşan Dallık
Keşan
5 May
Hıdrellez
Uzunköprü (Bülbül Korusu) (The Grove of the Nightinpales)
6 May
Uzunköprü Dallık Festivities
Uzunköprü (Bülbül Korusu)
Sunday on 2nd week of Hıdırellez
Enez Dallığı
Enez
2nd week in May
Kırkpınar Festivities
Edirne
Fairs:
Lalapaşa Animal and Goods Fair
Lalapaşa Kavaklık Mevkii
First week of August
Süleoğlu Fair
Süleoğlu
9 August
İpsala Animal and Goods Fair
İpsala
Last week of August
Keşan Animal and Goods Fair
Keşan
First week of September
Uzunköprü Animal and Goods Fair
Uzunköprü
First week of September
Havsa Animal and Goods Fair
Havsa
10 September
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