History of Kırkpınar

In 1870, Kırkpınar village was founded by people coming from the Caucasus, although it was an unused land, because it was mountainous and lakeside. The reason for this was that the place was similar to the old neighborhoods, and the climate and pastures were suitable for raising special animals, which contributed to their settlement on the Old Baghdad road.

The reason for their migration from the Caucasus was the result of the tension and wars between them and the Russians. The name of the village was first mentioned with the names of the dynasties to which the people belonged. As the village population increased over time, a name that everyone could understand was needed.

The district governor of Adapazarı at the time named the village Kırkpınar Şadiye, taking into account the abundance of springs in the area where the village was established, Şadiye, which was the name of the first girl born in the village, and the number 40, which is considered lucky by the Turks.

During the changes made during the Republic period, the name Şadiye was abolished and its current name “KIRKPINAR” remained as the official name. The number of households in the village, which initially consisted of 40 households, increased over time as people from Georgia, the Eastern Black Sea region and surrounding villages came and settled there. There are no historical monuments other than the old Baghdad caravan route that reflect the history of the surrounding area. The War of Independence has an impact on the environment.

The municipality organization was established in our village in 1971 and was transformed into a town administration by being formed from the Mayor’s Office and three neighborhood headmen.

Social Life in Kırkpınar

Although the income sources of our town were fruit growing, vegetable growing and animal husbandry in the beginning, this rate has decreased in recent years and has been replaced by the development of the construction industry.

Most of the people of the town work in official institutions and organizations in the factories in the surrounding area, some of them are engaged in trade, and the other part is retired from various social security institutions. There are 2 primary schools and 1 high school in our town, as well as 1 health center serving our townspeople in Hasanpaşa Neighborhood.

There are a total of 3 mosques in our town, 1 in Hasanpaşa District, 1 in Soğuksu District and 1 in Tepebaşı District.

We have 1 amateur sports club in our town, which was established in 1955 and carries out football activities. In addition, every year in the summer months, professional sports clubs come to the Sapanca Lake coastline within the borders of our Town and organize rowing sports races.

We are thinking of developing Water Sports and participating in water sports competitions as Kırkpınar. All streets and streets are asphalted and covered with interlocking cobblestones by our Municipality, and there are PTT and Police Department centers. Our town also has entertainment and recreation areas such as markets, bakeries, eateries, restaurants, etc. run by our townspeople.

Again, our municipality has built a walking path for entertainment and recreation purposes on the shoreline of Sapanca Lake within the borders of our town, and at the end of this walking path, there is an airstrip where small-scale sightseeing planes can land and take off, and aviation activities where Cesna type planes will be used.

Since our town is a tourist settlement, owners of summer houses from big cities come to our town for holiday purposes during the summer months and on weekends during the winter months. 95% of our town’s youth are high school graduates or higher.

The infrastructure, sewage, lighting and asphalt works that should be in a modern residential area have been completed in our town. In previous periods, the municipal service building, a health center, and a municipal wedding hall were made available to our people. In addition, 2 Primary Schools in our town were built by our philanthropic citizens and offered for education and training services.

After our discussions with the rectorate of Maltepe University, projects for the construction of an amphitheater in our town have been prepared and completed, and the construction of the amphitheater will be completed and put into service for our people as soon as possible. In addition, we have rented our existing municipality service building and wedding hall for 30 years for the purpose of building a 4-star hotel to be used as a tourist facility.

Our new service building, which we will build instead of the service building we rented, will be a building that is more suitable for Kırkpınar and can provide healthier service. The construction of a new hall of 1000 m2, which will include activities such as Cinema and Sports meetings, will start as soon as possible, in place of the municipality wedding hall that we rented.

We are planning to create a shopping center in our town that can be used by the townspeople and the people residing in the surrounding towns.

There are 3 water production factories in our town, and these are 1- Kristal Kola Kolaybat San. Tic.A. Ş.2- Sırma Water Natural Spring Water Inc.3- Mahmudiye Spring Water Work. Amb. Singing. Tic.Lt. Ltd.

In addition to bringing economic vitality to our town, factories also provide job opportunities for our town’s youth. In addition, it was established under the name of Segman Factory in the place allocated by our municipality in previous years, its current name is Federal Mogul Sapanca Segman ve Gömlek San. Inc. The factory is of great importance for our town’s economy and employment.

The construction of a 5-star hotel has been started by Nafi GÜRAL, the owner of Güral Porcelain, which will be put into service towards the end of 2006, which will also develop tourism in line with the natural characteristics of our town. Additionally, the Tourism High School will be opened and put into service in our town by Nafi GÜRAL.

While our municipality was completing our town development plans, we prioritized the development of tourism.

In the place we allocated to Sakarya University as a municipality, it provides services under the name of Sakarya University Education and Accommodation Facilities with 48 flats, in partnership with Sakarya University and the Lions Club. In addition, Kedi Kaya Apart accommodation facilities located on Şehit Cevdet KOÇ street also serve daily tourism.

Culture and Art

As Kırkpınar Municipality and especially Mr. Full support is given to Culture and Art with the contributions and initiatives of Niyazi BAĞDAT,

In this context, the Open Air Theater Culture and Art activities activity area, which was completed at the beginning of Summer 2007, includes Concerts, Theatre, Children’s Theatre, Musical, Classical music, Flamenco, Film screenings, etc., organized within the scope of Culture and Art activities in our town by both our citizens of Kırkpınar and the surrounding provinces and districts, especially from Istanbul. participation in events.

Kırkpınar Municipality and Mr. With the contributions of Niyazi BAĞDAT, a local newspaper began to be published under the name of Kırkpınar Newspaper since 2004.

Mr. As a result of Niyazi BAĞDAT’s contributions and initiatives, an association was established in our town under the name of Kırkpınar Art Association in order to provide better service within the scope of full support for Culture and Art, and continues its activities with its center in the Kırkpınar Open Air Theater Event area.

Tourism and Travel

In terms of Congress Tourism, Kırkpınar has entertainment venues, recreation areas, a walking path to our coastline, and an airstrip (Airport) where small-scale sightseeing planes can land and take off.

Additionally, there are enough Restaurants, Cafes, Diners, Bakeries, Markets, etc. in our town. There are places operating in the areas

Since our town is a tourist settlement, summer house owners from big cities come to our town for holiday purposes on weekends in summer and winter. KIRKINCIPINAR recreation project is being carried out in the Kurtköy stream location at the end of Bağdat street. Also in our town, there is a 5-star hotel built by Güral Group, the hotel of Sakarya University, and Butük Kedikaya Apart.

Places to Visit in Kırkpınar

We are going to a lakeside paradise located just an hour away from the giant metropolis Istanbul, the city that never sleeps and grumbles day and night with a population of over 10 million!

Our direction is Sakarya, our destination is the Kırkpınar town on the shores of Sapanca Lake, which is a real paradise with its climatic air and incredibly beautiful green tones. The town, surrounded by unique plant tissue, offers rest and healing to its guests. Located within the borders of Kırkpınar, the beautiful houses that constitute the villas and sites with aesthetic and exemplary features display architectural beauties worth seeing.

Recreational facilities serving on the shores of Sapanca Lake, which supplies Adapazarı’s drinking water, instantly relieve the stress and electricity accumulated on visitors.

Those who are relieved of all fatigue in a short time, get rid of the tiredness of the week with the effect of fresh air and eye-pleasing color tones and are literally reborn, find the opportunity to do lake activities and enjoy the weekend to the fullest in the enviable beautiful gardens seen in the movies.

The place, where the historical Silk Road passed through the middle of Kırkpınar and which is now known as Bağdat Street, is used as a bicycle and walking path with cafes, gardens and aesthetic buildings.

The area between Maşukiye, Sapanca and Pamukova has a climatic environment that is rarely seen in the world and is unique in Turkey. What makes this region different is the suitability of the humidity and oxygen in the air for plants, the effect of Sapanca Lake, and the low salt content in the ground soil. Plants that reach ideal conditions have different shades of green, larger and healthier appearance compared to the leaves of the same species.

The plant produces color and then production begins. Even plants brought from other regions that are about to dry out come to life again here. Those who discovered the positive aspects of the region, which fascinates the plants so much, also increase the attractiveness of Kırkpınar with the facilities they established. Natural Park BotanicalHobby garden, which was previously established for the purpose of producing plants, is a project of civil engineer and landscape architect Kenan Hürel.

The businessman, who continues his activities on 7000 decares with patience and determination, states that his aim is to grow the healthiest, hardest growing, most aesthetic decorative plants, while introducing and instilling a conscious love of plants and landscaping and offering recreation to the guests in the section reserved for guests.

Those who come to the club garden wander among the trained trees (!) and outdoor plants that have a decorative appearance with a lush green grass ground, they can see the animal friends of various kinds in various corners, while the ice-blue-eyed Siberian wolves, baby ducks, peacocks, geese and game birds living in their reserved section, weather permitting, color the environment, those who settle at the tables set in the tree-shaded areas start chatting by having their breakfast from the open buffet.

Indoor or outdoor venues are chosen for lunch or dinner, depending on preferences. Guests sip their after-dinner coffee and other drinks, relax in the most comfortable environment possible, on large floor pillows, and in a pergola on wooden poles.

Those who wish can purchase indoor and outdoor plants, and there is also a ceramic gallery at the entrance of Naturel Park Botanical for those who want to remember their relatives by purchasing ceramic-type decorative ornaments.

A short journey to the World of Plants: A different treatment is applied to plants in Naturel Park Botanical, where dot plants are grown in particular. A long and meticulous effort is made to grow high-quality plants with large forms in order to beautify the landscape. Among the rare plants of this type, there are coniferous and shrub varieties that do not shed their leaves in winter, such as berberis, yucca, fire thistle, poteras, Tafla, liküstnü.

In the process of producing and growing quality plants, the plants are in containers in a difficult system. Known soil for plants living in peat, heather soil, pumice stone, and osmocote fertilizer is not used. During drip irrigation, side branches are constantly sheared so that the stem of the plant is not visible, it is full, and the leaf structure surrounds the main stem homogeneously.

In this way, the plant, which cannot be dyed, gives all its strength to the trunk integrity and leafiness is achieved. Kenan Hürel, who is planning to export plants abroad in the plant fair area that will be established on 400 decares in three years, states that it is easy to grow plants on the ground, planting can be done in January, and there is a risk of the plant’s survival, whereas plants grown in containers can be produced every season and the risk of survival is 100 percent.

Plants in scissored form are priced according to their size and form. In the botanical park, pines live together with plants such as rhododendrons, laurels, medlars, black nuts and ramberries, as if to refute the saying that there are no plants under the pine tree. Another feature of the park that cannot be overlooked is the symmetrical, perspective arrangement of the thousands of plants in the containers, extending to infinity, and their neat and clean appearance.

Sapanca Kırkpınar activitiesSapanca Lake is suitable for swimming, so there is a beach on the national track of the Municipality and the Rowing Federation. Athletes hold rowing races, visitors row with rented boats, surf, sail, pedalo, jet ski, water ski, and motorbike.

Hunting enthusiasts can catch carp with corn on their hooks, pike with spoon hooks, catfish with natural bait, roach, finfish and freshwater mackerel with bread in the lake. They park their cars in the cafes on the shores of the lake and relax by listening to the silence. The region has interesting walking areas among its clean air and dense vegetation.

10 and 50 km flat or mountain trails offer ideal environments for group walks, where trees embrace each other from time to time and make the sky invisible. During the walk, enthusiasts can catch natural trout in the stream with a fishing rod. The natural spring waters in the region attract attention with their drinkability and lightness.

Spring waters such as Kristal, Sırma and Mahmudiye coming down from the Soğucak Plateau corridor of Samandağ peak can be filled into the container you bring with you. Especially the water coming from Mahmudiye Village is addictive with its special taste. It is said that those who get used to this water cannot drink any other water.

(For those who want to fill water for a fee, the filling source can be found near Küçük Ev Restaurant.) Kastancı Plum, which comes out in June, is as popular as the famous walnut of the region for its juiciness and taste.

The fruit known as persimmon can be seen on its branch for 3 to 4 months. For those who want to shop, there are two stands at the entrance of Dedeman Lake House.

Among Yılmaz Bey’s souvenirs, handcrafted local decorative covers and home accessories sold for prices of 5-15 million TL are exhibited, while Abdurrahman Çetinkaya Kars honey, Edremit extra virgin oils, homemade jams, vinegar and butter, and Isli cheese cooked in a pan or on a barbecue can be purchased. Kırkpınar, which is at its best in spring and autumn, is on the opposite side of the lake between 15.00-20.00. The light breeze coming from Eşme does not cause any mosquito problems.

In this way, you can easily sit in the cafes and restaurants on Lake Street in the summer.

There are no villages in Samandağ, which is supported by the Kırkpınar town of Sakarya. In the town with the most green areas, all festivities are held in Soğucak plateau. Even people from abroad come to cultural activities across Türkiye under the name of Poetry Evenings.

At the Soğucak Plateau Festival held in the second week of July, picnics are held, horse races, Karakucak wrestling, folklore and concerts are held. While the lakeside is used as a protection area between 0 – 2000 m, nothing can be done between 0 – 300 m. In the region where it is not allowed to build houses more than two or three floors, development permission is given between 5 and 25 percent. Many houses and duplex and triplex villas are sold within the site.