Kurtbey
Sign in to savethumb|right|An image of Kurtbey. Kurtbey is a village in the Uzunköprü District of Edirne Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,128 (2022). It is situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains. The distance to Uzunköprü is . The settlement was founded during the Rise of the Ottoman Empire (14th-15th centuries) by an akıncı (Ottoman militia the 14th to 16th centuries) chief named Kurtbey. In the 19th century, especially following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), Muslim refugees from Bulgaria (mostly Pomaks) and Romania were also settled in Kurtbey. Between 1954 and the 2013 reorganisation, it
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- village
- Turkey place.province
- Edirne
- Turkey place.district
- Uzunköprü
- Turkey place.name
- Kurtbey
- Turkey place.population_total
- 1,128
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 70
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 22360
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0284
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thumb|right|An image of Kurtbey. Kurtbey is a village in the Uzunköprü District of Edirne Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,128 (2022). It is situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains. The distance to Uzunköprü is . The settlement was founded during the Rise of the Ottoman Empire (14th-15th centuries) by an akıncı (Ottoman militia the 14th to 16th centuries) chief named Kurtbey. In the 19th century, especially following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), Muslim refugees from Bulgaria (mostly Pomaks) and Romania were also settled in Kurtbey. Between 1954 and the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The town economy depends on agriculture. The crops are wheat, rice, sunflower, sugarbeet and watermelon.
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