Bolayır is a village in the Gelibolu District of Çanakkale Province , situated on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the European part of Turkey . Its population is 1,053 (2021).
6-653: Between 1958 and the 2013 reorganisation , it was a town ( belde ). The türbe (tomb) of Suleyman Pasha (1316–1357), son of Orhan , the second Bey of the Ottoman Beylik and the grave of the Turkish nationalist poet Namık Kemal (1840–1888) are located in Bolayır. On 26 January 1913, Bolayır was the site of the Battle of Bulair , a major Bulgarian victory over the Ottomans during
12-429: Is the capital of its province. All province centers also serve as capitals (district centers) for the district in which they are located. Metropolitan municipalities do not have province centers. A district ( Turkish : ilçe ) municipality serves as the capital of its district; these exist in both the provinces and metropolitan municipalities. In metropolitan municipalities, all other towns and villages were merged into
18-641: The First Balkan War . Bolayır was also the site of the Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) during World War I . The traditional Greek name of Bolayır is Πλαγιάρι ( Plagiari ) and in Bulgarian the town is known as Булаир ( Bulair ). It may be the same settlement known as Branchialion in medieval times or, if not, very close to it. A village in Dolni Chiflik Municipality , Varna Province bears
24-487: The Act 6360 which came into effect at the 2014 local elections sharply decreased the number of municipalities to 1,394. 51 provinces continued as before the reform. The 2013 law made all provinces with a population in excess of 750,000 (of which there were 30) into consolidated province-municipalities, known as "metropolitan municipalities" ( Turkish : büyükşehir ). A province center ( Turkish : il merkezi ) municipality
30-555: The basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey was 76,667,864 as of 31 December 2013. The majority of the population live in settlements with municipalities. The number of municipalities in Turkey was 2,947 in 2009. But in 2013, most of the small town ( Turkish : belde ) municipalities were merged to district ( Turkish : ilçe ) municipalities by
36-631: The name Bulair in honour of the Bulgarian victory at Bolayır and a Bulgarian military march , the Bulair March , was written to commemorate the battle. The ruins of the Ancient Greek city of Lysimachia lie nearby. This geographical article about a location in Çanakkale Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities ( Turkish : belediyeler ) are
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