Geography

Alpullu is a town in Babaeski

Babaeski

Babaeski is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The countyship has a population of 27,712 and the total area of the district is 652 km².-Name:...

 district of Kırklareli Province. At 41°22′N 27°09′E the distance to Babaeski is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and the distance to Kırklareli

Kirklareli

Kırklareli is the capital of Kırklareli Province in Eastern Thrace, on the European part of Turkey. The province has a coastline on the Black Sea. There is a Jewish community.-Name:It is not clearly known when the city was founded, nor under what name...

 is 45 kilometres (28 mi). Alpullu is at the junction of the main railroad connecting İstanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 to Edirne

Edirne

Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...

 and the tail line to Kırklareli. The population of the town is 2713 as of 2010.

History

The ancient name of the town was probably Alpiya meaning "Shining Water country". But during the Turkish era the name was Şekerköy meaning "Sugar village" referring to the importance of sugar beet to the town's economy. There is an ancient tumulus near the town and an Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

bridge named Sinanlı Mehmet köprüsü around the town . Alpullu was declared a seat of township in 1964.

Economy

Alpullu's economy depends on sugar beet, and the first sugar refinery of Turkey was founded in Alpullu in 1925 as one of the earliest industrial projects of the newly founded Turkish Republic. Now Alpullu is one of the most flourishing towns of Turkey. In 2007 a natural gas source was found in Alpullu