İğneada (Greek: Thynias) is a small town within the district of Demirköy in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Kırklareli Province Kırklareli Province ( tr, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northwestern Turkey on the west coast of the Black Sea. The province neighbours Bulgaria to the north along a long border. It borders the province of Edirne to the west and the ...

. It lies on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

coast and is approximately south of the Mutludere river which forms the border with

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. Its population was 1,966 in 2010. The land is covered by mainly oak forests, typical flora of the Yıldız (

Istranca Strandzha ( bg, Странджа, also transliterated as ''Strandja'', ; tr, Istranca , or ) is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. It is in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of T ...

) Mountains. Forestry, fishing and tourism are the main occupations of the town population. The

İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park The İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park ( tr, İğneada Longoz Ormanları Milli Parkı), established on November 13, 2007, is a national park located within Kırklareli Province in Marmara Region of Turkey. The national park covers an area ...

with its Lake Saka Nature Reserve Area is situated around the town. It harbors one of the few remaining

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

forests in all of Europe, which is home to many different bird species. The second of Turkey's nuclear power plants is planned to be built in the area. A fourth revision

environmental impact assessment Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "environmental imp ...

was submitted and approved. There is no timeline or budget set for the project as of November 2015.Nuclear Power in Turkey
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References

External links

Kırklareli governor's official website

İğneada municipality's official website

İğneada website
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