İbriktepe

İbriktepe
İbriktepe
Location of İbriktepe in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°0′42″N 26°30′10″E / 41.01167°N 26.50278°E / 41.01167; 26.50278Coordinates: 41°0′42″N 26°30′10″E / 41.01167°N 26.50278°E / 41.01167; 26.50278
Country  Turkey
Region Marmara Region
Province Edirne
District İpsala
Government
 • Mayor Galip Gören (CHP)
Population (2012)[1]
 • Total 1,492
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 22xxx
Area code(s) +(90) 284

İbriktepe (Albanian: Qytezë[2]) is a town in the district of İpsala, Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey. Situated at the Turkey-Greece border, the village is 25 km (16 mi) away from İpsala and 100 km (62 mi) far from Edirne. Population of İbriktepe is 1.492 as 2012.[3]

İbriktepe is famous for having been the birthplace of Albanian politician and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Fan Noli. At the time of Noli's birth a small Albanian-speaking Orthodox community[4] lived in the town.[3][5][2] A bust of him was placed in the town in January 2011.[6]

References

  1. ↑ İbriktepe Belediyesi, yerel.net.
  2. 1 2 Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781400847761. "Fan Stylian Noli was born in 1882, in Ibrik Tepe (Alb. Qytezë), an Albanian settlement south of Adrianople, in Eastern Thrace."
  3. 1 2 "İbriktepe Belediyesi" (in Turkish). yerel.net. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  4. ↑ http://www.nisanyanmap.com/?y=ibriktepe&t=&lv=1&u=1&ua=0
  5. ↑ "Fan NOLI" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  6. ↑ "Në Ibrik Tepe të Turqisë vendoset busti i Fan Nolit". Retrieved 10 January 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.