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
Premiership of Meles Zenawi belonged to Eritrea, Ethiopia continued to maintain a presence of Ethiopian soldiers in the town. In the 2000 general elections, Meles was reelected Prime Minister, and his ruling EPRDF party shared parliament seats with the opposition party United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF). According to observers organized by Ethiopian Human Rights Council, local U.N. staff, diplomatic missions, political parties, and domestic non-governmental organizations, both the general and the regional elections that year were generally free and fair in most areas; however, serious election irregularities occurred in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), particularly in the Hadiya Zone. Since the