İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park marten ("Martes martes"), European badger ("Meles meles"), grey wolf ("Canis lupus"), deer ("Cervidae"), fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), European otter ("Lutra lutra"), yellow-necked mouse ("Apodemus flavicollis"), weasel ("Mustela"), big-eared bat ("Micronycteris"), and variegated skunk ("Mephitis mephitis"). As reptiles Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni"), southern crested newt ("Triturus karelinii"), lizard ("Lacertilia"), asp ("Vipera aspis"), earringed water snake ("Acrochordidae") are found in the area. İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park can be reached by public transportation from Istanbul via Silivri, Çorlu, Lüleburgaz, Pınarhisar, Demirköy and İğneada. It is convenient to go from Istanbul over the motorway via Saray, Vize and then Poyralı, Demirköy and İğneada by
Meles Zenawi Selassie University) for two years before dropping out his studies in 1974 to join other students and form Tigrayan National Organization (TNO) the forerunner TPLF in Dedebit, Tigray. Aregawi Berhe, a former member of the TPLF, notes that historians John Young and Jenny Hammond "vaguely indicated" Meles as founder TPLF in their books. Aregawi insists that both he and Sebhat Nega joined the Front "months" after it was founded. While a member of the TPLF, Meles established the Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray (MLLT). TPLF was one of armed groups struggling against Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam and the Derg, the junta