Tekirda? Province

Tekirda? Province

Tekirda? ili
Tekirda? Province Tekirda? ili
Province and metropolitan municipality
	Tekirda? Governorship
	Logo
	Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Tekirda?
Government
? Mayor	Kadir Albayrak ( CHP )
? Vali	Recep Soyturk
Area	6,190 km 2 (2,390 sq mi)
Population (2022)	1,142,451
? Density	180/km 2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 ( TRT )
Area code	0282
Website	www .tekirdag .bel .tr ; www .tekirdag .gov .tr

Tekirda? Province ( Turkish : Tekirda? ili , pronounced [te?ci?daː] ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey . Its area is 6,190 km ², ^[2] and its population is 1,142,451 (2022). ^[1] It is located in the East Thrace region of the country, also known as European Turkey, one of only three provinces entirely within continental Europe . Tekirda? Province is bordered by Istanbul Province to the east, Kırklareli Province to the north, Edirne Province to the west, and the Gallipoli peninsula of Canakkale Province to the south. Tekirda? is the capital of the province, and the third largest city in European Turkey after Istanbul and Corlu .

Agriculture [ edit ]

The province of Tekirda? is one of Turkey's the most important regions for viticulture and winemaking . The coastline between Tekirda? and ?arkoy , particularly Murefte , are notable centers of wineyards. 22 of the 27 villages of ?arkoy grow grape and produce wine. There are well-known wine producers in the region, including "Doluca", "Gulor", "Kutman", "Ba?cı" and "Latif Aral". Other wine producers of the region are "Melen" in Ho?koy and "Umurbey" in Tekirda?. ^[3]