Type: | village |
Province: | Edirne |
District: | Uzunköprü |
Kurtbey | |
Population Total: | 1,128 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Coordinates: | 41.15°N 61°W |
Elevation M: | 70 |
Postal Code: | 22360 |
Area Code: | 0284 |
Kurtbey is a village in the Uzunköprü District of Edirne Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,128 (2022).[2] It is situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains. The distance to Uzunköprü is . The settlement was founded during the Rise of the Ottoman Empire (14th-15th centuries) by an akıncı (Ottoman militia the 14th to 16th centuries) chief named Kurtbey. In the 19th century, especially following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), Muslim refugees from Bulgaria (mostly Pomaks) and Romania were also settled in Kurtbey. Between 1954 and the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3] The town economy depends on agriculture. The crops are wheat, rice, sunflower, sugarbeet and watermelon.