Özet:

Kırklareli, a sancak center connected to the Edirne province in the European territory of the Ottoman State, according to the 19th century official records, is a city that is in revanche in the European markets of fabric, farm and livestock products. The city, which was undergoing a large immigration flow during the years of war, was also subjected to Greek occupation in 1920. In the years of occupation, a sharp decline in production, due to the planned robbery of the Greeks, has reached the lowest level of poverty. The Crusaders were liberated from the Greek occupation on 10 November 1922, following the Mudanya Treaty. Despite the efforts of the people to increase production after the occupation and the efforts of the state to support agriculture, the destruction created by the wars is so large that even in 1925, in many areas, the production amount is beyond the year 1894. In the early years of the Republic, the western faiths and hurafes in Kırklareli have taken an important place in the everyday life of the people. But the city people, who very early realized the importance of education and were extremely open to innovation, have enthusiastically possessed all the achievements of the Republic. As of today, the traditions living in Kırklareli, the mentality, the processes of solving world problems and the level of production, compared with the data and the concrete reality of the 1920s, will make it possible to evaluate the success of the Republic as well as the city people. A report prepared between 1922 and 1938 with the aim of revealing the reality of Turkey in social, cultural, economic and health issues belongs to the province of Kırklareli. In this study, the social, cultural and economic conditions of the Republic of Kırklareli were evaluated in the framework of the report of 1925 and the developments that the city contributed to during the Republic period were evaluated.

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