Süleymanpaşa ( Turkish: [sylejˈmanpaʃa] ) is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province , Turkey . Its area is 1,053 km, and its population is 215,558 (2022). It covers the city of Tekirdağ and the surrounding countryside.
6-697: The district and municipality Süleymanpaşa was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from the former central district of Tekirdağ. The name Süleymanpaşa refers to the Ottoman prince Süleyman , the first commander of Turkish troops in Thrace in the 14th century. There are 78 neighbourhoods in Süleymanpaşa District: The district municipality has been organizing "International Tekirdağ Cherry Festival" ( Turkish : Uluslararası Tekirdağ Kiraz Festivali ) each year four days long in
12-616: A cherry contest, a sailing contest, a festival beauty contest, picnics etc. This geographical article about a location in Tekirdağ Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities ( Turkish : belediyeler ) are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute
18-482: The district in which they are located. Metropolitan municipalities do not have province centers. A district ( Turkish : ilçe ) municipality serves as the capital of its district; these exist in both the provinces and metropolitan municipalities. In metropolitan municipalities, all other towns and villages were merged into the district capital, so each district has only one municipality. Districts in regular provinces still have towns ( Turkish : belde ) aside from
24-488: The first or second week of June. Established under name "Cherry Jolly" ("Kiraz Cümbüşü") n 1962, the event was renamed to "Cherry Festivity" ("Kiraz Bayramı")in 1964. In later years, it included cultural and entertainment programs and became traditional. In 2020 and 2021, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey . The festival features parades, illuminated processions, exhibitions, shows, night concerts,
30-455: The number of municipalities to 1,394. 51 provinces continued as before the reform. The 2013 law made all provinces with a population in excess of 750,000 (of which there were 30) into consolidated province-municipalities, known as "metropolitan municipalities" ( Turkish : büyükşehir ). A province center ( Turkish : il merkezi ) municipality is the capital of its province. All province centers also serve as capitals (district centers) for
36-470: The population of Turkey was 76,667,864 as of 31 December 2013. The majority of the population live in settlements with municipalities. The number of municipalities in Turkey was 2,947 in 2009. But in 2013, most of the small town ( Turkish : belde ) municipalities were merged to district ( Turkish : ilçe ) municipalities by the Act 6360 which came into effect at the 2014 local elections sharply decreased
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