Lalapaşa () is a town and district of

Edirne Province Edirne Province ( tr, ) is a Turkish province located in East Thrace. Part of European Turkey, it is one of only three provinces located entirely within continental Europe. Edirne Province is bordered by Tekirdağ Province and Kırklareli Pr ...

in the Marmara region of

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 ...

. The mayor is İsmail Arslan ( AKP). As of 2014, the town has a population of 1612, while the total population of the district is 7077.

History

Lalapaşa was conquered by

Lala Şahin Pasha Lala Şahin Pasha ( tr, Lala Şahin Paşa), 1330 – 1388(?), was an Ottoman commander and first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was the teacher (''lala'') of Sultan Murad I, and when Murad succeeded the throne, Şahin led the Ottoman campaign of Th ...

in 1361. The town was named after him. Until the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

, the town was known as Paşaköy (translated: ''Pashatown'').

Geography

The district is located 22 kilometers from Edirne and around 260 kilometers from

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. The district borders

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 ...

to the north and west, the Edirne district to the south-west,

Süloğlu Süloğlu (Greek: Ασβεστοχώρι ''Asvestochṓri''Greek exonyms; from the National Census of Greek Kingdom 1920-1921) is a district of Edirne Province of Turkey. The population was 3,394 in 2010. The mayor is Mehmet Ormankıran ( CHP). Hi ...

to the south-east and the Kırklareli province to the north-east.

References

External links

District municipality's official website
Populated places in Edirne Province Districts of Edirne Province {{Edirne-geo-stub