We have realized the event of our project titled “The Power of Folklore from Past to Present”, which we carried out on 12-13-14-15 July. Within the scope of this cross-border project, we have hosted business people from Karnobat, Bulgaria, who came to Kırklareli from the Employment Development Association. In this context, we visited Kırklareli and the surrounding cities close to the border regions. We are proud to host them in this geography where we carry the traces of our cultural values, common history and experiences.
                      TREATY OF LAUSANNE MONUMENT AND MUSEUM

The Treaty of Sèvres, that marked the end of World War I, was signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies on 10 August 1920. It was, however, rejected by the Turkish national movement due to significant loss of territory, and accordingly failed. Following the victorious Turkish War of Independence fought against the Allied forces of British Empire, French Republic, Kingdom of Italy and Kingdom of Greece, who had occupied a great portion of Turkish mainland, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 July 1923. This second peace treaty ended the conflict between the Turkish nationalists and the Allies, and also defined the borders of the modern Turkish Republic. In line with the treaty, the Greek-Turkish border was redrawn, and Karaağaç quarter of Edirne (then known in English as Adrianople, on the south bank of the Maritsa river, was returned from Greece to Turkey. Karaağaç railway station, which was the main train station of Edirne, was in use until 1971 when a new station was built on the other side of the Maritsa. The old railway station buildings and the surrounding area were subsequently assigned to Trakya University. And following redevelopment housed the university administration. In 1996, the senate of Trakya University decided upon the establishment of a monument and a museum adjacent to the former railway station. Breaking of the ground for the new monument took place on 29 March 1998, and its construction took just four months. It was inaugurated by the then President Süleyman Demirel (in office 1993–2000) on 19 July 1998, on the 75th anniversary of the Republic. The area surrounding the monument was established as a public park through the planting of 74 young trees to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic. Following this it was decided that every year a new young tree should be planted. Trakya University budgeted the project to ₺ 148 billion (approximately US$617,000 at that time).

                    HEALTH MUSEUM
The health museum is built by Sultan II. Bayezid at Edirne in 1488 and it is one of the most important complex of Ottomans. The complex contains a hospital and medical school (madrasa) next to it. The museum is taken ownership by Trakya University which is a follower of that mission nowadays due to had been a historical education and medical institute.
The Sultan II. Bayezid Complex was one of the most important health, social, education and religious institute during its era. The complex has many units like hospital, mosque, guesthouse, imaret, Turkish bath and bridge. This multipurpose complex is reflected social state mentality of its era.
Ill people are treated in hospital, students are educated in school(madrasa), believers are worshipped in mosque, guests are welcomed in guesthouse and the poor ones are fed in imaret of the complex.

                    EDİRNE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM

The first museum in Edirne was founded in 1924 by the orders of Atatürk at the Hadith Madrasa of the Selimiye Mosque. Although this museum is called the Archaeological Museum, it also housed valuable ethnographic artifacts and tombstones. A new museum was needed in Edirne with the increase in the number of works in the museum. The new museum building was opened on June 13, 1971 under the name of ‘Archeology and Ethnography Museum’ The tomb stelas depicting a deified Thracian Cavalry of Thracians, the local people of the region, are the regional works exhibited in the museum along with other marbles and stelas. Herodotus said “The Thracians are the most populous nation after the Indians on earth; if they acted under the command of one man or with one will, they would never be defeated and in my opinion, they would be the strongest and the most crowded nation. But the impossibility for them was here, and this unity could never be established; their weakness is this. At the entrance in the garden, Roman capitals, sarcophagi, dolmens and menhirs, and Ottoman tomb stones right behind are exhibited. Some capitals and sculptures from the Hellenistic, Roman and Eastern Roman Periods as well as Edirne’s fish ponds and bird houses related to the aquatic culture of the Ottoman
period are exhibited in the garden as well. Archeology and Ethnography Museum Edirne, which was once the capital of the Ottoman Empire, is known as one of the important cities of the 17th century. Regional clothes specific to the Balkans in the Ethnographic Section shed light on the ethnographic identity of the city. Wooden chests, calligraphy plates and unique examples of Edirnekari ornament technique are exhibited. The madrasa, which has been used as a museum since 1924, consists of a main classroom, student rooms and a courtyard with porch. The 15th century tombstones and janissary tombstones, which have few examples now, are exhibited in the courtyard where a monumental yew tree is located. The inscriptions from the Ottoman period buildings, the section reflecting the Ottoman aquatic culture, and the food carts, cannons and cannonballs used in the Balkan War await visitors in the garden.

               SELİMİYE MOSQUE AND SOCİAL COMPLEX
The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which includes madrasas (Islamic schools), a covered market, clock house, outer courtyard and library, to be his best work. The interior decoration using Iznik tiles from the peak period of their production testifies to an art form that remains unsurpassed in this material. The complex is considered to be the most harmonious expression ever achieved of the Ottoman külliye, a group of buildings constructed around a mosque and managed as a single institution.

                 KIYIKÖY, MİDİA
Kiyikoy is a coastal town that stands out with its natural beauties, within the borders of Kırklareli province and connected to the Vize district.

          AYA NIKOLA MONASTERY
St. Nicholas’ Monastery (Turkish: Aya Nikolas Manastırı) (Greek: Μονὴ του Ἁγίου Νικόλαου) is a Byzantine era Orthodox monastery, built during the time of Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565). It is situated about 800 m (2,600 ft) southwest of the town. The monastery consists of a chapel at the ground floor, cells for the monks and storerooms. In the basement, there is a holy well (hagiasma) (Turkish: ayazma) (Greek: ἁγίασμα). The monastery was constructed entirely by cutting into a massive rock. It is known that the monastery was renovated in 1856 by Metropolitan bishop Matthaios, who built also a wooden annex in front of the monastery, which does not exist today. An inscription “St. Nikolas” in Greek alphabet letters is found engraved over the arched north entrance.

             Dupnisa Cave

It is located in a wild-looking region that forms the Turkey-Bulgaria border, where the Rezve Stream splits the Istrinca Mountains with deep valleys. Dupnisa Cave consists of two floors and three caves connected to each other in marbles in the second geological time, in an area covered with dense vegetation where you can see every shade of green. For this reason, it is scientifically known as the “Cave System”.

VİZE FORTRESS 

(Turkish: Vize Kalesi) is a fortification constructed in the Ancient Roman era. It is situated at the northwest of the town. It is believed that the fortress was built originally in 72-76 B.C., and was revived during the Justinian I times. It is constructed of clear cut stones and rubble masonry upon foundations with stone blocks of 50 cm × 80 cm (20 in × 31 in) and 100 cm × 150 cm (39 in × 59 in). The bluish color of the stones at the northern wall indicates that this section was rebuilt in the Late Byzantine era during the Palaeologian dynasty. The fortress consists of two nested walls. The western and southern city walls are intact. An inscription in Greek alphabet letters carved on stone, which was found at the fortress, says “Here were watchtowers built under the administration of Firmus, the son of Aulus Pores, along with Aulus Kenthes, the son of Rytes the son of Kenthes, and Rabdus, the son of Hyakinthus.” It is exhibited at Kırklareli Museum.

LITTLE HAGIA SOPHIA CHURCH (Gazi Suleiman Pasha Mosque) (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya Kilisesi (Gazi Süleyman Paşa Camii)) is a former Byzantine era Orthodox church built during Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565) times, which was converted later in the Ottoman era into a mosque. Designed in an Orthodox Basilica plan, the church was constructed upon the foundations of the Temple of Apollo with masonry stone and brick. The cruciform shaped church consists of a nave with two rows of columns with three columns each, two aisles and an apse at one end. Its original wooden roof was replaced in the 12th and 13th centuries by a high dome. The building is vaulted around the dome, a different style that is normally not seen in Byzantian architecture.

IGNEADA FLOODPLAİN FORESTS NATIONAL PARK (Turkish: İğneada Longoz Ormanları Milli Parkı), established on November 13, 2007, is a national park located within Kırklareli Province in Marmara Region of Turkey.[1] The national park covers an area of 3,155 ha (7,800 acres) and is located at İğneada town on the Turkish-Bulgarian border at 25 km (16 mi) far from Demirköy district of Kırklareli Province. Streams running down from the Strandzha mountain range towards Black Sea formed alluvium on the shore, where floodplain (Turkish: longoz) occurred due to seasonal floodings. The protected area is administered by the Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks (Turkish: Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdürlüğü) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest.The national park is a rare ecosystem, which consists of marsh, swamp, lakes and coastal sand dunes. The Strandzha mountain range is situated in the south and west. There are five lakes with aquatic plant. Lake Erikli covering 43 ha (110 acres) is a lagoon, which gets separated from the sea in the summer months as a result of drought. Lake Mert of 266 ha (660 acres) area is formed by Çavuşdere creek at its mouth. Lake Saka is a small lake of 5 ha (12 acres) situated in the south of the national park between the floodplain and the dunes. The two other lakes are Lake Hamam of size 19 ha (47 acres) and Lake Pedina of 10 ha (25 acres). The sand dunes are situated on both sides of İğneada town. The dunes in the north stretch out from east of Lake Erikli to İğneada. The southern dunes run from the Lake Mert’s sea connection to the south of Lake Saka, reaching a width of 50–60 m (160–200 ft) at some places.