Malkara

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Field	Value
type	metro district
name	Malkara
image_map	Tekirdağ location Malkara.svg
map_caption	Map showing Malkara District in Tekirdağ Province
coordinates
province	Tekirdağ
leader_party	CHP
leader_name	Nergiz Karaağaçlı Öztürk
area_total_km2	1243
population_footnotes
population_total	50988
population_as_of	2022
postal_code	59300
area_code	0282
website
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Climate

Malkara experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and chilly, rainy, somewhat snowy winters.

| Jan humidity = 81.3 | Feb humidity = 78.9 | Mar humidity = 75.6 | Apr humidity = 70.9 | May humidity = 68.6 | Jun humidity = 65.2 | Jul humidity = 61.5 | Aug humidity = 61.5 | Sep humidity = 66.3 | Oct humidity = 74.7 | Nov humidity = 79.3 | Dec humidity = 81.4 | year humidity = 72.1 | source = NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Malkara_17634.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Malkara |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 16, 2024}}

History

Thrace was the scene of fighting during the Persian Wars and the name Malkara is said to come from the Persian 'Margaar' meaning 'cave of snakes'. Alternatively the town may be named after 'Malgar' a general in the army of Alexander the Great who built a fortress here after they had succeeded in bringing to an end the Persian 30-year occupation of Thrace. These fortifications remained in use up until the Byzantine period.

Once the area had been brought under Ottoman control it was settled with Turks from Anatolia and a Turkish town emerged which thrived supplying the Ottoman cavalry regiments. Malkara was then used as a place of exile for those out of favor in the Ottoman court including:

Hacı Evhat – personal tutor to Suleiman the Magnificent, who exiled Evhat in 1524 when he did not like the lessons
Koca Sinan Pasha – statesman and Grand Vizier, exiled for four years here after the failure of his campaign against Persia in 1580
Melek Ahmed Pasha – Grand Vizier, 1650–51
Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha – Grand Vizier, 1656
Bekri Mustafa Pasha – Grand Vizier, 1688–89

The 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi described Malkara as a tidy, hard-working town of 150 houses of tiled roofs noted for production of honey, cheese, and leather.

At the end of the 18th century Malkara was the scene of an uprising by the Janissary troops in protest against plans by Sultan Selim III to replace them with a new model army.

Malkara was occupied by Russian troops in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829, again by the Russians in The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and by the Bulgarians for 8.5 months during the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. In the aftermath of the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, Malkara was reoccupied by Ottoman troops.

During World War II, the Greek part of Thrace was occupied by German and Bulgarian troops, and when Turkey was preparing for a possible entry into the war against the Axis powers, refugees from Greece were briefly housed in Malkara for their safety.

Malkara today

Malkara is a small market town serving the countryside around it, which is mostly devoted to growing sunflowers for seeds and oil. There are also one or two coal mines. Many of the people of Malkara originate in the Balkans and are liberal- and secular-minded.

Composition

There are 77 neighbourhoods in Malkara District:

Ahievren
Ahmetpaşa
Aksakal
Alaybey
Allıışık
Bağpınarı
Balabancık
Ballı
Ballısüle
Batkın
Bayramtepe
Camiatik
Çavuş Köy
Çimendere
Çınaraltı
Çınarlıdere
Danişment
Davuteli
Deliller
Demircili
Dereköy
Deveci
Develi
Doğan Köy
Dolu
Elmalı
Emirali
Esendik
Evrenbey
Gazibey
Gönence
Gözsüz
Güneşli
Hacıevlat
Hacısungur
Halıç
Hasköy
Hemit
Hereke
İbribey
İbrice
İshakça
Izgar
Kadiköy
Kalaycı
Karacagür
Karacahalil
Karaiğdemir
Karamurat
Kavakçeşme
Kermeyan
Kiremitlik
Kırıkali
Kozyürük
Küçükhıdır
Kürtüllü
Kuyucu
Mestanlar
Müstecep
Pirinççeşme
Sağlamtaş
Şahin
Sarıpolat
Sarıyar
Sarnıçköy
Sırtbey
Tekke Köy
Teteköy
Vakıfiğdemir
Yayla Köy
Yaylagöne
Yeni
Yenice
Yenidibek
Yılanlı
Yörücek
Yörük

Places of interest

The village of Yenidibek with its reservoir and ruined Byzantine castle is a popular picnic spot.

Notable people

Orhan Öztrak (1914–1995), politician

References

[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.)
"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports". [[TÜİK]].
"Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria.". Nature: Scientific Data.
"Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı".
[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-07-06 , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.)

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