Adrianople vilayet

 ( Vilayets Of The Ottoman Empire In Europe ) 

The Vilayet of Adrianople or Vilayet of Edirne (; Vilâyet-i Edirne) Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Edirne ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Edirne"), Edirne vilâyet matbaası, Edirne, 1300 [1882]; on the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library. was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.

Prior to 1878, the vilayet had an area of Europe by Éliseé Reclus, page 152 and extended all the way to the Balkan Mountains. However, by virtue of the Treaty of Berlin (1878), the Sanjak of Sliven, most of the Sanjak of Plovdiv and a small part of the Sanjak of Edirne (the Elhovo kaza and Topolovgrad nahiya) were carved out of it to create the autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia, with a total area of 32,978 km².

The province unified peacefully with the Principality of Bulgaria in 1885.

The rest of the vilayet was split between Turkey and Greece in 1923, culminating in the formation of West Thrace and Eastern Thrace after World War I as part of the Treaty of Lausanne. A smaller portion had already gone to Bulgaria by virtue of the Treaty of Bucharest (1913) following the Balkan wars. In the late 19th century, it bordered on the Istanbul Vilayet, the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the east, on the Salonica Vilayet in the west, on Eastern Rumelia (Bulgarian since 1885) in the north and on the Aegean Sea in the south. Sometimes the area is also described as Southern Thrace, Migration, Memory, Heritage: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Bulgarian-turkish Border, Magdalena Elchinova, Valentina Ganeva-Raycheva, Lina Gergova, Stoyka Penkova, Natalia Rashkova, Nikolai Vukov, Meglena Zlatkova, Lina Gergova, , p. 30. or Adrianopolitan Thrace. Europe and the Historical Legacies in the Balkans, Raymond Detrez, Barbara Segaert, Peter Lang, 2008, , p. 58.

After the city of Adrianople (Edirne in Turkish; pop. in 1905 about 80,000), the principal towns were Rodosto (now Tekirdağ) (35,000), Gelibolu (25,000), Kırklareli (16,000), İskeçe (14,000), Çorlu (11,500), Dimetoka (10,000), Enez (8000), Gümülcine (8000) and Dedeağaç (3000).

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Administrative divisions Sanjaks of the Vilayet: Edirne Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

1. Sanjak of Adrianople (now Edirne) (Adrianople, Svilengrad, Kardzhali, Didymoteicho, Ivaylovgrad, Cisr-i Ergene, Havsa. It had also kazas of Kırkkilise, Baba-yı Atik, Beykar Hisar, Maa Hatunili-Kızılağaç (Its centre was Elhovo) and Ferecik. Kızılağaç went to Yanbolu sanjak of Eastern Rumelia, Ferecik went initially to Gelibolu in 1876, later to Dedeağaç and was demoted to nahiya in 1878, Kırkkilise, Baba-yı Atik and Beykar Hisar went to recreated Kırkkilise sanjak in 1878. Beykar Hisar was demoted to nahiya in 1879)
2. Sanjak of Kirklareli (Since 1878) (Kirkkilise) (Kırkkilise, Malko Tarnovo, Lüleburgaz, Vize, Ahtopol, Midye, Babaeski. Most of Tırnovacık and Ahtabolu were ceded to Bulgaria in 1913. Saray separated from Vize and became kaza in 1916)
3. Sanjak of Rodosto (now Tekirdağ) (Tekfurdagi) (Tekfurdağı, Çorlu, Malkara, Hayrabolu. It had also kazas Vize, Lüleburgaz and Midye till 1879, it was gone to recreated Kırkkilise sanjak)
4. Sanjak of Gelibolu (Gelibolu, Eceabat, Şarköy, Mürefte, Keşan. It had also Enez and Gümülcine kazas till 1878. Gümülcine promoted to sanjak in 1878. Enez went to Dedeağaç sanjak. Finally İpsala (promoted to kaza) and Enez returned to Gelibolu in 1913)
5. Sanjak of Dedeağaç (1878-1912) (Alexandroupoli, Soufli, Enez)
6. Sanjak of Gümülcine (1878-1912) (Komotini, Xanthi, Krumovgrad, Smolyan, Ardino, Zlatograd). The whole Sanjak was ceded to Bulgaria, with a small part to Greece in 1913.
7. Sanjak of Filibe (Plovdiv, Pazardzhik, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Kazanlak, Chirpan, Momchilgrad, Smolyan) (until 1878, then it became part of Eastern Rumelia, except for Sultanyeri and Ahiçelebi, which were seded back to the Ottoman Empire and eventually incorporated into the Sanjak of Gümülcine)
8. Sanjak of Slimia (Sliven, Yambol, Nesebar, Karnobat, Aytos, Nova Zagora, Pomorie, Burgas) (until 1878, then became part of Eastern Rumelia)

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Demographics Total population of the Adrianople Vilayet by ethnoconfessional groups according to French orientalist Ubicini on the basis of the official Ottoman Census of the Vilayet in 1875:

+ Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Adrianople Vilayet as per the 1875 Vilayet Census

34.98%

61.14%

1.02%

0.58%

Eastern Rumelia) in 1878 according to the Turkish author Kemal Karpat:Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press Bulgarians Other Christians Muslims TOTAL Adrianople Vilayet Population of various ethnoconfessonal communities in the Vilayet and its sanjaks according to the 1906/7 Ottoman census, in thousands, adjusted to round numbers.Ottoman Population, 1830-1914: Demographic and Social Characteristics, Kemal H. Karpat, page 91, 1985 The communities are counted according to the Millet System of the Ottoman Empire rather than by the mother tongue. Thus, some Bulgarian-speakers were included in the Greek Rum millet and counted as Greeks, while the Muslim millet included Turks and Pomaks (Bulgarian speaking Muslims). 619 341 162 24 26 1,176 A publication from December 21, 1912, in the Belgian magazine Ons Volk Ontwaakt (Our Nation Awakes) estimated 1,006,500 inhabitants:Published on December 21, 1912, in the Belgian magazine Ons Volk Ontwaakt (Our Nation Awakes) – view the table of Vilajet Manastir: Skynet GodsdBalkan Muslim Turkish people – 250,000 Muslim Bulgarians – 115,000 Muslim Roma people – 15,000 Orthodox Armenians – 30,000 Orthodox Greeks – 220,000 Orthodox Bulgarians – 370,000 Orthodox Albanians – 3,500 Orthodox Turkish people – 3,000 Sanjak of Filibe Male population of the Filibe Sanjak of the Adrianople Vilayet in 1876 according to the British R. J. Moore: More, R.J., Under the Balkans. Notes of a visit to the district of Philippopolis in 1876. London, 1877. Filibe kaza Tatar Pazardzhik kaza Haskovo kaza Stara Zagora kaza Kazanlak kaza Chirpan kaza Momchilgrad kaza Smolyan kaza Sanjak of İslimiye Male population of Sliven sanjak of Adrianople Vilayet in 1873 according to Ottoman almanacs: Muslims 37,200 (47%) Non-Muslims 46,961 (53%) TOTAL Islimiye sanjak Male population of Sliven sanjak of Adrianople Vilayet in 1875 according to British R.J. Moore: Димитър Аркадиев. ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ В БРОЯ НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ПО БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ ЗЕМИ В СЪСТАВА НА ОСМАНСКАТА ИМПЕРИЯ [7] National Statistical Institute Muslims Non-Muslims TOTAL Islimiye sanjak Sanjak of Gümülcine Total population of the Sanjak of Gümülcine of the Adrianople Vilayet In the 19th century: Gümülcine 206.914 20.671 15.241 ==Gallery== External links Categories: Vilayets Of The Ottoman Empire In Europe, History Of Western Thrace, History Of Çanakkale Province, History Of Edirne Province, History Of Kırklareli Province, History Of Tekirdağ Province, 1867 Establishments In The Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Period In The History Of Bulgaria, Ottoman Thrace, 1922 Disestablishments In The Ottoman Empire Page 1 of 1 1 Post Comment Page 1 of 1 1 Account Social: Privacy Policy Pages: Scavenge  ..  QRCode  ..  Tags Items: Shopping Cart  ..  Favorites UPC Scavenger Android App Navigation General: Atom Feed  ..  Entire Sitemap Help: Index  ..  Editing  ..  Full List Category: All  ..  Products  ..  Vendors Media: Product  ..  Wiki  ..  User Posts: Product  ..  Wiki  ..  User  ..  Forum Statistics Page: Revisions  ..  Tag Cloud Summary: Database  ..  Activity 1 Tags 10/10 Page Rank 5 Page Refs