Kızılpınar | |
Settlement Type: | Former town |
Pushpin Map: | Turkey |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Turkey |
Coordinates: | 41.2667°N 85°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Marmara |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tekirdağ |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Çerkezköy |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Population Total: | 54268 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | TRT |
Utc Offset1: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 59500 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0282 |
Kızılpınar is a former town in Çerkezköy district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[1] [2] It is subdivided into three mahalle: Atatürk, Gültepe and Namık Kemal.[3] It lies directly to the southwest Çerkezköy. Distance to Tekirdağ is about . The population of Kızılpınar is 54,268 (2022).[4] The town was founded by Muslim refugees from Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). According to Mayor's page, some members of Malkoçoğlu Family of the Ottoman Empire were among these refugees.