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Eastern Thrace

Eastern Thrace is in the of northwest Turkey. Geographically it covers all of European Turkey from Istanbul and the Bosphorus to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria; however the metropolis of is a distinct region spanning the Bosphorus and is described on other pages.
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is the chief city of Eastern Thrace, in the Marmara Region of northwest Turkey. It lies on the gently rolling Thracian plains at the confluence of three rivers, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria.

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is a city in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey, 132 km west of . It is on the northern shoreline of the Sea of Marmara. In 2019 its population was 204,000.

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is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, near the border with Bulgaria. In 2021 the population was estimated as 58,223.

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is a large industrial town in Eastern Thrace in Turkey, with a population in 2023 of 294,020. Administratively it's a township within province, but it's outgrown its regional capital.

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or Gallipoli is a town in Eastern Thrace in Turkey. It's on the north or European side of the Straits of Dardanelles, and is one of the ferry ports to cross them.

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, formerly called Imvros, is an Aegean island in Eastern Thrace in Turkey, with a population in 2020 of 10,106. It's near the entrance to the Dardanelles, and is hilly and windswept.

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is a city in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey, 170 km west of Istanbul. It's industrial, with a population of 122,635 in 2020, and with another 30,000 living in the nearby villages.

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is a town in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. Its name means "long bridge", the 1.3 km span built in the 15th century. In 2012 the town population was 19,230, with another 42,255 across the rural district.

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is a town in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey - or rather, it's the nucleus of a sprawling conurbation, with a population of 174,529 in 2019.

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is a town in Eastern Thrace in Turkey. It's in the foothills of the Istranca Mountains, 40 km from the Black Sea coast. In 2012 the town had a population of 12,543, with 28,228 in the whole district.

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is a city in Eastern Thrace in the northwest of Turkey. It's at a major crossroads, with highways west to the border crossing with Greece at Ipsala, north to the city of Edirne, south down the Gallipoli peninsula, and east to Istanbul.

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is on the Marmara coast in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It's the first town west on the coastal highway after you leave the Istanbul metropolis, so it's a weekend resort for the city.

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is a small town in Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It's on the Aegean coast at the outflow of the river Meriç or Maritsa, which forms the border with Greece.

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Şarköy is a coastal district in Tekirdağ Province in Turkish Thrace, with a population in 2012 of 29,991. It's also the name of the main town, population 17,411, at the west end of the district.

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is a town in Eastern Thrace, in the foothills of the Istranca Mountains in the west of Turkey. In 2014 the town population was 24,960 while the whole district had 47,522.

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is a town on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Eastern Thrace, in the west of Turkey. It stands on the European bank of the Straits of Dardanelles and traditionally was one of the main crossing points: on the Asia side is , the chief city of the area.

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, literally "iron village", is a town in Kırklareli Province of Eastern Thrace in northwest Turkey, with a population of 3838 in 2012. It's set in the forests of the Istranca Mountains, but was industrial from the 15th century.

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is a small resort on the Black Sea coast in Eastern Thrace in Turkey. But since 2020 it's been the terminal of a gas pipeline from Russia, so many visitors nowadays are here on business.

Eastern Thrace

  • Type: region
  • Description: portion of Turkey that is located in South-eastern Europe
  • Also known as: “East Thrace”, “European part of Turkey”, “European Turkey”, “Turkey (part in Europe)”, and “Turkish Thrace”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
41.1536° or 41° 9′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
27.3667° or 27° 22′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q171323
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Eastern Thrace” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Trakia Lindore”
  • Arabic: “الجزء الأوروپي من تركيا”
  • Arabic: “تراقيا الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Թրակիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Frakiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Trakiya”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Trazia”
  • Bavarian: “Ostthrakien”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Тракія”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Фракія”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব থ্রেস”
  • Bosnian: “Istočna Trakija”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна Тракия”
  • Bulgarian: “Одринска Тракия”
  • Bulgarian: “Одринско”
  • Catalan: “Tràcia oriental”
  • Central Kurdish: “تراکیای ڕۆژھەڵات”
  • Chinese: “东色雷斯”
  • Chinese: “東色雷斯”
  • Croatian: “Europska Turska”
  • Croatian: “europski dio Turske”
  • Croatian: “Istočna Tracija”
  • Croatian: “Turska Tracija”
  • Czech: “Východní Thrákie”
  • Danish: “Europæisk Tyrkiet”
  • Danish: “Østthrakien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Akewtana Trakya”
  • Dutch: “Europees Turkije”
  • Dutch: “Europees-Turkije”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Thracie”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Thracië”
  • Dutch: “Oostelijk Thracie”
  • Dutch: “Oostelijk Thracië”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Trakio”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Traakia”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Traakia”
  • French: “Thrace Adrianopolitaine”
  • French: “Thrace d’Adrianople”
  • French: “Thrace orientale”
  • German: “Ostthrakien”
  • German: “Türkisches Thrakien”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Θράκη”
  • Greek: “Ευρωπαϊκή Τουρκία”
  • Hebrew: “תראקיה המזרחית”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Trákia”
  • Ido: “Estal Trakia”
  • Indonesian: “Trakia Timur”
  • Italian: “Tracia orientale”
  • Italian: “Turchia europea”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ・トルコ”
  • Japanese: “東トラキア”
  • Korean: “동부 트라크야”
  • Korean: “동부 트라키아”
  • Korean: “동트라키아”
  • Korean: “터키령 트라크야”
  • Korean: “터키령 트라키아”
  • Latin: “Thracia orientalis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumu Trāķija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ostthrakien”
  • Macedonian: “Источна Тракија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Trakia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Thrakia”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Trakia”
  • Persian: “تراکیه شرقی”
  • Portuguese: “Trácia Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Trácia”
  • Romanian: “Tracia de Est”
  • Romanian: “Tracia de Răsărit”
  • Romanian: “Tracia Estică”
  • Romanian: “Tracia Răsăriteană”
  • Romanian: “Tracia Turcească”
  • Russian: “Восточная Фракия”
  • Scots: “East Thrace”
  • Serbian: “Источна Тракија”
  • Serbian: “Турска Тракија”
  • Slovak: “Edirnská Trácia”
  • Slovak: “Európske Turecko”
  • Slovak: “Turecká Trácia”
  • Slovak: “Východná Trácia”
  • Slovenian: “evropska Turčija”
  • Slovenian: “evropski del Turčije”
  • Slovenian: “Turška Trakija”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna Trakija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوغو تراکیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرقی تراکییا”
  • Spanish: “Tracia del este”
  • Spanish: “Tracia oriental”
  • Spanish: “Tracia Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Tracia turca”
  • Spanish: “Turquía europea”
  • Swedish: “Europeiska Turkiet”
  • Swedish: “Östra Thrakien”
  • Swedish: “Östthrakien”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு திரேசு”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Trakya”
  • Turkish: “Türkiye Trakyası”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна Фракія”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی تھریس”
  • Venetian: “Tràcia orientałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Thracia”
  • Vietnamese: “Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ Âu châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Thrace thuộc Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ”
  • Vietnamese: “Trakya”
  • Vlaams: “Ôost-Thracië”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشرقی تھریس”

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