Edirne,capital of the province, is notable for serving as the third capital of theOttoman Empire from 1363 to 1453.
Edirne province was included in theSecond Inspectorate General which was created on the 19 February 1934 and extended over the provinces of Edirne,Çanakkale,Kırklareli,Tekirdağ.[3] It was ruled by anInspector General, who had wide-ranging authorities over civilian, military and educational matters.[4] The office of the Inspectorate-General was abandoned in 1948[5] but the legal framework of theInspectorate-Generals was only abolished in 1952, under the Government of theDemocrat Party.[6]
Until the reign ofSelim I, there were remnant populations of so-calledTengriTurks in the province of Edirne who adhered to the ancient beliefs ofTengrism. It is assumed that it was a group of nomadicYörüks.[7]
^Cagaptay, Soner (2006).Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey; Who is a Turk. Routledge. p. 47.
^Pekesen, Berna (16 December 2019). Florian, Riedler; Kravietz, Birgit (eds.).The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 423–424.ISBN978-3-11-063908-7.
^Bayir, Derya (2016-04-22).Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law. Routledge. p. 141.ISBN978-1-317-09579-8.
^Bozarslan, Hamit (2008-04-17). Fleet, Kate; Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin (eds.).The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 343.ISBN978-0-521-62096-3.
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