Edirne Province

The northwestern province of Edirne is preparing to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with the world's largest pan for liver, Edirne Mayor Recep Gürkan said on May 8.

At least 180 undocumented migrants were held in northwestern Edirne province on Monday, according to a gendarmerie source, cited by Anadolu Agency.

Tunca River floodwaters deluge Turkey’s Edirne

A total of 100 refugees and undocumented migrants were held in northwest Turkey as they were attempting to get into Europe illegally, a security source said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports.

Edirne might be home to the world's second busiest border gate, but the northwestern Turkish city feels it does not see a fair share of the benefits of cross-border trade activities, according to the local mayor. 

"As people who are carrying the burden of living on the border, we would like to see more benefits," said Mayor Recep Gürkan. 

The Health Museum in the northwestern province of Edirne, winner of the Mercury Perfection Award and the Europe Museum Award, has been accepted into the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List after seven months of work. 

People across Turkey have gathered around giant Kakava fires to mark H?d?rellez, which is celebrated across the Turkic cultural world with festivities as a harbinger of summer. 

Locals and tourists attended traditional celebrations in the country's northwestern border province of Edirne, in its historic Sarayiçi neighborhood, late on May 5.

Turkey's first electric car, the Pehlivan Elektrak developed by Trakya University, has returned to the country after a two-week trip around the Balkan Peninsula. 

The fiber carbon car visited Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 14-day tour. 

Traditional "New Year baskets," gift packages of beverages and snacks sold at supermarkets during the last weeks of the year, will not be permitted to include alcoholic drinks this year, according to a ruling from Turkey's alcohol and tobacco regulator. 

The decision, made public in the Official Gazette on Nov. 5, has triggered contrasting reactions from the sector. 

Hundreds of Syrian migrants have flocked to Istanbul's largest bus station to board a bus to northwestern Edirne province near the Greek border in an attempt to cross into Europe.

Migrants began arriving at the station in Istanbul's Bayrampa?a district on Sept.15 and have been waiting since as bus companies departing for Thrace refuse to transport them.