Kurtbey

Kurtbey
Town
Kurtbey

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 41°09′N 26°35′E / 41.150°N 26.583°E / 41.150; 26.583Coordinates: 41°09′N 26°35′E / 41.150°N 26.583°E / 41.150; 26.583
Country  Turkey
Province Edirne Province
District Uzunköprü
Elevation 70 m (230 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 1,506
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 22360
Area code(s) 0284
Licence plate 22

Kurtbey is a town in Uzunköprü district of Edirne Province, Turkey, situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains at 41°09′N 26°35′E / 41.150°N 26.583°E / 41.150; 26.583. The distance to Uzunköprü is 25 kilometres (16 mi). The population of Kurtbey was 1506 [1] as of 2013. The settlement was founded during the Rise of the Ottoman Empire (14th-15th centuries) by an akıncı ( Ottoman milita 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. In 1954, Kurtbey was declared a seat of township. The town economy depends on agriculture. The crops are wheat, rice, sunflower, sugarbeet and watermelon.

References

  1. ↑ "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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