Sultan is a village in İpsala 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 ...

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. Its population is 1,155 (2022). It is situated to the west of

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. The distance to İpsala is . The settlement was founded in 1924 by the Turkish refugees from

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as a result of Population exchange agreement between Greece and Turkey. In 1934 refugees from

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and in 1951 refugees from

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were also settled in the settlement. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ('' belde'').Law No. 6360
'' Official Gazette'', 6 December 2012 . Main economic activities are dairying and agriculture. Main crops are cereals, sunflower and sugarbeet.

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Villages in İpsala District {{Edirne-geo-stub