DISTRICT GOVERNORSHIP OF SULOGLU Establishment of the district : - - PDF document

DISTRICT GOVERNORSHIP OF SULOGLU

Establishment of the district : 1990 District governor : Numan Altay Tax ID Number : 7850215957 General population : 7628 Contact Details : Phone: 0284 3113404 0284 3113405 e-mail: suloglu@icisleri.gov.tr

Government agencies that render services under the operations of the district are as follows: garrison command, mayoralty, district gendarmerie command, district security chief office, district mufti office, district directorate of editorial office, district birth registration office, fiscal directorate

• f the district, district directorate of national education, district directorate of land registry, district

healthcare group department, district directorate of agriculture, union of delivering services to villages, social assistance and solidarity foundation still continue tor ender services to our people. HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL STRUCTURE: Suloglu was established as a principality first by the Thracians and invaded by Byzantine and Greeks respectively. The successive invasions continued until the Ottoman armies under command of Suleiman Pasha and Lala Sahin Pasha cleared the region off Byzantine and Greek

• invasion. Each of the two successful pashas were rewarded with a farm in the region. Today’s

Suloglu farm was given to Suleiman Pasha. Thereafter the region was called “Suloglu”. During the Balkan war, people migrated to Anatolia. Suloglu, which was invaded by the Greeks in 1920-1922, was saved on 22 November 1922. Afterwards, the district became part of the Tatars’ sub-district in Lalapasa and remained as a village till 1934. It became a township attached to the country town in 1934, followed by the status of municipality gained in 1967 and the status of district on 20.05.1990 in accordance with the LAW NUMBER 2644 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 130 DISTRICTS. This decision came into effect on 12 September 1990. The district has one municipality and 10

• villages. Villages are called Akardere, Buyuk Gerdelli, Domurcali, Geckinli, Keramettin, Kukuler,

Sulecik, Tasli Sekban, Tatarlar and Yagcili. Central district is divided into four administrative units, which are called Merkez Borough, Cumhuriyet Borough, Safak Borough and Yeni Borough. Suloglu is situated 32 kms distant from the province of Edirne and it is surrounded by Kirklareli in the east, Edirne in the west, Havsa in the south and Lalapasa in the north. Altitude above sea level is 100 meters and covers an area of 250 square kilometres.

Even though the area is quite fluctuating by nature, this does not have an adverse effect on agricultural activities. Vegetation cover is not rich and continental climate prevails in the region. So, summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and wet. As per the address based census of 2010, population of Suloglu district is 7628, 3394 of which reside in the centrum, 4234 in villages. 44% of the population live in the county town. Number of individuals per dwelling is 6. Population details are as indicated below. CENTER 4334 AKARDERE 529

• B. GERDELLI

912 DOMURCALI 281 GECKINLI 571 KERAMETTIN 394 KUKULER 177 SULECIK 161

• T. SEKBAN

326 TATARLAR 388 YAGCILI 308 TOTAL POPULATION 8383 Health Status 8383 people reside in Suloglu and 4334 of these people are living in the county town and 4049 in villages. 1 health centre, which has been rendering services in its own building since 1997, and a health house available only in Geckinli village as dependent to the centrum are currently

• perating in the district. In addition, 2 physicians and 2 family health personnel are present in 41

and 42 Regional Family Medicine Departments. 1 physician, 1 health officer, 1 officer, 1 medical secretary, 8 nurses, 1 midwife, 6 emergency medical technicians, 1 servant and 1 driver (19 personnel in total) are employed in community healthcare centres. There is also an infirmary with 30 beds capacity where 2 physicians, 1 dentist, 1 veterinary and 1 nurse are employed to render polyclinic and treatment services for commissioned officers, sergeants, specialised sergeants, private soldiers and their family at the 54th Mechanised Infantry Brigade in the boundaries of the district. In addition to the foregoing, there is 1 pharmacy and 3 veterinary surgeons in the county town. Approximately 3831 people share one physician in the district. Preventive health services, polyclinic and outpatient care run together in the healthcare service. Education and Culture Nursery and preschool activities are conducted at 4 branches in 3 classes opened within Suloglu Elementary School, Cumhuriyet Elementary School and B. Gerdelli Elementary School. There are 3 elementary schools with 1 to 8 classrooms. We have one multi-program high school, enabling studies in Turkish-Mathematics, Social Sciences and vocational departments such as electric-electronics, maternal and infant development. We have 850 students, 80 of whom are enrolled in preschool programmes, 645 in primary school and 125 in secondary school in the district.

61 teachers including 33 branch teachers, 28 class teachers, 4 kindergartners, 5 Turkish/Literature teachers, 4 mathematics teachers, 2 Science teachers, 2 Social Sciences teachers, 1 history teacher, 4 physical education teachers, 2 visual art teachers, 1 counsellor, 1 geography teacher, 1 philosophy teacher, 1 machinery- technical mould teacher, 1 electric-electronic teacher, 1 physics teacher, 1 chemistry teacher, 1 biology teacher provide services in addition to district director of national education, other personnel and 81 personnel engaged in educational services. Besides, services provided by the Directorate of Public Education Centre are conducted by the primary director and deputy director. 20 students share 1 teacher in pre-school education period; 17 students share 1 teacher (class-master) in primary education and 22 students share 1 teacher on the basis of elementary and secondary class masters. Schooling rate applicable to the pre-school educational period is found to be around 100%. The given rate is 100% in primary and 100% in secondary schools in the district. There are neither public or private student hostels nor lodgings in the district. The district has one directorate of public education centre and it continues with its activities at the government office. There is no library dependent on the Ministry of Culture in the district. There are however libraries dependent on the Ministry of National Education and Public Education Centre) Directorate

• f Public Education has got 1089 books, primary school has got 1200 books)

Two pieces of tumulus and its surroundings situated at Ortadegirmen locality of Kukuler village are under preservation as first degree archaeological site; a small protected area is also under preservation as third degree natural and archaeological site. The district has no museums, cultural centre(s), theatre and movie theatre. No local newspapers are in circulation. There is one printing house, though. ECONOMIC CONDITION Community people are usually engaged in husbandry and stockbreeding. Part of the community people that live in rural area, which is economically not so developed, migrated to urban areas. The county town has 1 oil seeds cooperative, 1 agricultural credit cooperative, 1 aquacultural resources cooperative and 1 irrigation cooperative. In addition to this, there is 1 agricultural credit cooperative in Tatarlar village; one agricultural development cooperative in 7 villages and an irrigation cooperative in 7 villages. There is 1 Ziraat Bankasi and Isbank branches in the county town. Agriculture Economy of the district relies on agricultural activities. Wheat, sunflower and corn are herbal products that dominate the agricultural activities in the district. Territorial boundaries of the district cover an area of 35.220 ha in total. 17.35 ha of this is qualified as arable fields, while 5 ha is qualified as vineyards. In addition, 3.089 ha woods and forestry, 5.305 ha meadow and pasture land are available in the area. Non agricultural area covers 9623 ha in the district. Suloglu Dam irrigates 1200 ha area, Kayali Dam irrigates 2600 ha area, Keramettin Lake irrigates 400 ha area, Sulecik Pond irrigates 5000 ha area, Geckinli Pond irrigates 400 ha area and public irrigations provide for an area of 840 ha. In total, 6300 ha area is irrigated. Sunflowers were planted and grown in 6000 ha area in 2010.

The district shelters 4500 cattle breeds, 3118 hybrid breeds and 1500 indigenous

• breeds. In total, there are 9288 cattle and 9600 small cattle animals in the district. Poultry animals

are 10.350. 40.000 tons of silage have been produced in 2010. Suloglu Dam: Put into operation in 1981 in order to satisfy irrigation needs, potable and drinking water needs for the denizens of Edirne and to protect them against floods, Suloglu Dam is situated in 2.5 square kilometres kms distant from the city. Characterised as soil-rock and filling, the dam is 53.41 m high from the basement. Storage volume is 50.06 hm3. Total lake area covers 386 ha. Net 3500 ha area can be irrigated through the irrigation units our of the dam. Sunflowers and corns are the major products that are irrigated. Even though cereals are planted to a great extent, these products do not require irrigation following the spring showers. Rica plant has been forbidden since 1990. As not sufficient amount of water has been stored in the dam in previous years, restricted irrigation programmes have been followed in certain years and the facility has been transferred to Irrigation Cooperative in 1998. Stockbreeding Total meadow area : 5.305 hectares Number of cattle : 9.288 hectares Number of small cattle : 9.600 hectares Number of poultry animals : 10.350 hectares Number of bee hives : 2200 chests – 950 baskets Craftsmen and Artisans Total Craftsmen and Artisans : 219 Number of Line of Business : 64 Unavailable Line of Business : 19 Financial Condition of the District District directorate began to provide services on 12 September 1991 and it provides services with its 12 personnel engaged in accounting, cashier’s office, national estate and revenue services thereof. District has 410 tax payers and 22 of them are registered in corporate tax, 121 income tax based on the actual entry, 176 income tax based on the simple entry, 42 immovable capital revenue derived from rental incomes, 45 business branches for income and withholding and 4 salary earners’ group. By the end of 2010, accruals have increased by 17% compared to the year 2009 and the tax accrual has become TL 5.313.024,79. In the same period, TL 3.798.435,17 tax vas collected. District shelters 509 real properties duly registered in the Treasury, and total surface area of such immovable properties is 11.935.588,57 m2. 229 of these immovable properties (2.192.613,22 m2) are characterised as adequate pay, 2 of them (82 m2) are administered on rentals and 132 of them (5.878.948,42 m2) are currently vacant. 146 immovable properties were allocated for utilisation under a set of purposes, total surface area of these immovable properties is 3.864.026,93 m2 in total. TL 22.320.66 national estate revenues have been collected as adequate pay and rental income by the end of 2010. Sales income derived from the immovable properties is TL 52.127,86 and it has been completed in full. TL 74.448,52 national estate revenues have been collected in total.

Besides, accrual amount of national estate revenues for the year 2010 are TL 7.907,03; TL 4.174,37 of it is accrued as adequate pay, whereas TL 3.732,66 of it is accrued as rental income and TL 88.205,30 is accrued as sales revenue. e-) Organised Industrial Site of Edirne: Infrastructure works of the organised industrial site of Edirne have been completed, enterprises are expected to make investments as soon as possible. Works to establish Edirne Organised Industrial Site on 107 ha2 area around Domurcali Village has been completed; and the fact that it will be in close distance from Kapikule, Hamzabeyli, Pazarkule, and Ipsala border gates; that it neighbours with the European Union, and provides easy access to main road and linking roads; that it benefits from cheap industrial parcels, and incentives specific to special-purpose areas; that KOSGEB gives supports for infrastructure and superstructure and that there is natural gas in the area offer great opportunities to the businessmen that will invest in here. Furthermore, there are rather agricultural works in the district. And the most important one

• f them is linking road separator. The machinery produced are offered for sale to overseas

countries, and exported to Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Ukraine abroad. Following the researches around Suloglu, rich natural gas reserves were found in the area. Thereafter, some companies searched for natural gas and began to produce from the wells that were found to have sufficient reserves. The exploitation and drilling works are still underway; and it is indicated that 8 more wells will be drilled. It is anticipated that natural gas to be extracted from the area will make great contributions to the national economy of Turkey. At Kivanc Chemical Facilities, the only industrial estate around Kukuler in the district, manufactures het resistant materials that contain no asbestos, insulation materials, protective clothes, protective helmets, protective boots and gloves, non-flammable jacket and trousers, aluminised clothes, protective hats, raincoats, industrial type jackets, trousers and jump suit, fire blankets, welding curtains, bomb blankets, thermal monitoring cameras for search and rescue. In addition to this, an Eocene based natural stone, which is specific to the area and is also known as Architect Sinan Stone, used for the construction of many buildings, primarily in Selimiye Mosque, is being manufactured and distributed. Sand extracted from the mine sites of Suloglu is processed at modern washing-sieving facilities, and construction chemicals, CEN standard sand, shelter sand, skidding sand, grass and astro pitch sand, sanding sand, industrial sand and potable water, as well as filter sand and pebbles as required for industrial waste and water treatment facilities are manufactured. Works to establish Edirne Organised Industrial Site on 107 ha2 area around Domurcali Village has been completed; and the fact that it will be in close distance from Kapikule, Hamzabeyli, Pazarkule, and Ipsala border gates; that it neighbours with the European Union, and provides easy access to main road and linking roads; that it benefits from cheap industrial parcels, and incentives specific to special-purpose areas; that KOSGEB gives supports for infrastructure and superstructure and that there is natural gas in the area offer great opportunities to the businessmen that will invest in here. Furthermore, there are rather agricultural works in the district. And the most important one

• f them is linking road separator. The machinery produced are offered for sale to overseas

countries, and exported to Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Ukraine abroad.

TRANSPORTATION District is 32 kms distant from Edirne. Access is available through vehicles operated by the central district municipality, as well as the vehicles owned by Transporters’ Cooperative identified with the number S. S. 95. Construction plan of the district is in place and sewerage system’s level

• f completeness is 95%. All villages are provided with a telephone line and there are no villages

deprived of electricity. Geckinli village is situated upon the asphalt provincial road. Gerdelli and Kukuler villages have asphalt roads, villages situated in the direction of Suloglu-Lalapasa and other villages also have asphalt roads. Rural road network of the district is 88 km in total. Yagcili- Suloglu, which interconnects the district and villages, is 3 kms long, stabilised covering. Numan ALTAY District Governor