not fall easily to the Osman Turks, first In 1359 the fortress was taken for a short time by invaders of Gazi Süleyman Paşa before finally being permanently held in 1362 by Lala Şahin Paşa. In the Ottoman Empire Rusion was renamed to Rusköy (tur. Rus village) a name derived from the medieval fortress-town, and later to Keşan (from gr. Kissos, Kissupolis). Keşan belonged to the Galipoli Sanjak, and as such was part of the Rumelia Eyalet and then the Province of the Kapudan Pasha. It was a nahiya center in Enez kaza at first, later it was bound to İpsala kaza. It was transferred to the Eyalet of Edirne in 1530. According to the Ottoman population statistics of 1914, the kaza of Keşan had a total population of 30,644, consisting of 15.371 Greeks, 15.221 Muslims, 51 Armenians and 1 Jew. Keşan was invaded by the Russians in 1829 and in 1878, by the Bulgarians between 1912 and 1913 (on 14 November 1912 Bulgarian Hayrabol detachment commanded by colonel Petar Salabashev take the town and Tzar Ferdinand reside some days here), by the Greeks between 30 of July 1920 and 1922. It was ceded to Republic of Turkey on 19 November 1922. Keşan district reached its present borders after the separation of nahiya of Enez in 1953. A large part of the population are Bulgarian speaking Muslims, immigrants from Bulgaria and Greece, Roma, and Turkmens. Notable people Selim Sesler (1957–2014), clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage Aleko Trendafilov - volunteer in Thesaloniki detachment of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, born and resident of Keşan Kosta Yanev - volunteer in 3rd company of the 10th Prilep battalion of Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, born and resident of Keşan References Districts of Edirne Province Towns in Turkey Populated places in Edirne Province