the First Balkan War, Svilengrad was liberated and moved back to Bulgaria. This happened on October 5, 1912, after the Bulgarian army captured Sheinovets peak in the Rhodopes. During the Balkan Wars, the first military airport near Svilengrad was equipped. The newly liberated city rejoices for a short time. It was ruined and burned house by house in the summer of 1913, when Turkey intervened in the Inter-Allied War against Bulgaria. The city was finally liberated at the end of September 1913, after a new peace treaty was concluded in Constantinople between Bulgaria and Turkey. According to the defined new border, Svilengrad remains in Bulgaria. Its returned inhabitants revived the city from the ashes and rebuilt it. Sports FC Svilengrad 1921 Notable people Binka Zhelyazkova – film director Hristo Atanassov – politician Ognyana Dusheva – sprint canoer Milko Kalaydzhiev – singer Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı – Turkish philosopher, poet and politician Nikolay Mihaylov – Bulgarian cyclist Honours Svilengrad Peninsula on Davis Coast, Antarctica is named after the town, in connection with its pioneering role in the world aerial warfare history. References External links e-svilengrad - Svilengrad News Svilengrad municipality official website Svilengrad municipality - town and villages, populations, maps, locations, sizes, etc. The news portal of Svilengrad Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Haskovo Province Bulgaria–Greece border crossings