Süleymanpaşa

Süleymanpaşa is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,053 km², and its population is 215,558. It covers the city of Tekirdağ and the surrounding countryside.
The district and municipality Süleymanpaşa was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from the former central district of Tekirdağ. The name Süleymanpaşa refers to the Ottoman prince Süleyman, the first commander of Turkish troops in Thrace in the 14th century.
The Tekirdağ Olympic Ice Skating Hall was opened in 2018.

WWW suleymanpasa.gov.tr

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Süleymanpaşa District:

100.Yıl
Ahmedikli
Ahmetçe
Akçahalil
Altınova
Araphacı
Aşağıkılıçlı
Atatürk
Avşar
Aydoğdu
Bahçelievler
Banarlı
Barbaros
Bıyıkali
Çanakçı
Çiftlikönü
Çınarlı
Cumhuriyet
Dedecik
Değirmenaltı
Demirli
Doğruk Karacamurat
Ertuğrul
Evciler
Ferhadanlı
Gazioğlu
Generli
Gündüzlü
Güvençli
Hacıköy
Hürriyet
Hüsünlü
İnecik
Işıklar
İstiklal
Karabezirgan
Karacakılavuz
Karaçalı
Karadeniz
Karaevli
Karahalil
Karahisarlı
Karansıllı
Kaşıkçı
Kayı
Kazandere
Kılavuzlu
Kınıklar
Köseilyas
Kumbağ
Mahramlı
Naip Köy
Namık Kemal
Nusratfakı
Nusratlı
Oğuzlu
Ormanlı
Ortaca
Ortacami
Oruçbeyli
Osmanlı
Otmanlı
Selçuk
Semetli
Seymenli
Taşumurca
Tatarlı
Topağaç
Vatan
Yağcı
Yavuz
Yayabaşı
Yazır
Yenice
Yeniköy
Yukarıkılıçlı
Yuva
Zafer

Cherry Festival

The district municipality has been organizing "International Tekirdağ Cherry Festival" each year four days long in the first or second week of June. Established under name "Cherry Jolly" n 1962, the event was renamed to "Cherry Festivity" in 1964. In later years, it included cultural and entertainment programs and became traditional. In 2020 and 2021, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. The festival features parades, illuminated processions, exhibitions, shows, night concerts, a cherry contest, a sailing contest, a festival beauty contest, picnics etc.