Büyükmandıra (or Mandıra for short) is a town (belde) in the Babaeski District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey.Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 3,305 (2022). The distance to Babaeski is and the distance to Kırklareli is .
Up to 1877 there was an Ottoman royal farm in place of the town. But during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Muslim people from Bulgaria Pomaks who escaped from the Russian armies were settled in the farm to form the core of the town. According to the mayor's page, a well known wrestler named Kavasoğlu İbrahim arranged this allocation.Mayor's page The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1955. The name of the town means "great dairy" and it refers to the main activity of town residents.
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