Tekirdağ
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| Province (il) : | Tekirdağ | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 59 ′ N , 27 ° 31 ′ E | |||
| Residents : | 187,727 (2015) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 282 | |||
| Postal code : | 59000 | |||
| License plate : | 59 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Mayor : | Kadir Albayrak ( CHP ) | |||
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Tekirdag ( Bulgarian Родосто Rodosto , Greek Ῥαίδεστος Rhaidestos or Ῥαίδεστον Rhaideston , Latin Rhaedestus or Raedestum ; Hungarian Rodostó , originally Bisanthe ( Greek Βισάνθη ), and later Rodosçuk , Tekfur Dağı ) is a 137,962 inhabitants (2008) counting port city on the Sea of Marmara in Eastern Thrace and the Capital of the Turkish province of Tekirdağ . After the appointment of Tekirdağ to Büyükşehir belediyesi (big city municipality), the central district , which includes the area of the city, was renamed Süleymanpaşa .
history
The city was already mentioned by Herodotus . Prokopios of Caesarea mentions that the city was rebuilt in the 6th century by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I after the barbarian invasions with an additional fortress wall. The Bulgarians conquered and destroyed the city in 813 under Khan Krum and in the Battle of Rodosto in 1206 under Tsar Kaloyan , but it was rebuilt shortly thereafter.
When the Turks conquered the city from the Byzantines, they first called it Rodosçuk and from the 18th century Tekfur Dağı . The Tekfur comes from the Armenian word tagovar , which means those who carry the cross . The Turks used this to describe the Christian rulers. From Tekfur then Tekir .
The city is of great importance in Hungary , as Prince Ferenc II. Rákóczi lived in exile with his followers in Rodostó until his death after the suppression of the struggle for freedom he led against the Habsburgs in the 18th century. The grave of the Hungarian essayist and chronicler of the emigration Kelemen Mikes is located in an unknown place in the city .
Until the completion of the Dedeağaç - Edirne railway line , Tekirdağ was the main port of the Ottoman Vilâyet Edirne.
During the Balkan War 1912-1913, the city was occupied by the Bulgarians.
Tekirdag is today mainly because of its kofte -Local and Anisschnapsproduktion ( Rakı known). A few traditional wooden houses can still be seen in the city center. There is boat traffic to Marmara Island .
Museums
- Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Müzesi (Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum)
- Rákóczi Museum
- Namık Kemal House
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Tekirdağ, Süleymanpaşa (4 m)
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politics
mayor
Mayor of the city is Ekrem Eskinat from Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP). The Social Democrat was banned from leaving the country in 2017 after criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , and his passport was confiscated. The invitation to the twin Bayreuth occasion of the reopening of the UNESCO - World Heritage Margrave's Opera House in April 2018 he could not comply because of this. In an email to a Bayreuth city council who asked him to assess the political situation in Turkey, Eskinat evasively stated in June 2018 that he should exercise caution and fear for his well-being.
Town twinning
Personalities
- Franz II. Rákóczi (1676–1735), Hungarian national hero and prince of Transylvania
- Namık Kemal (1840–1888), writer
- Henri Verneuil (1920–2002), French director
- Erhan Tabakoğlu (* 1967), professor of medicine
- Yankı Erel (* 2000), tennis player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yerelnet , accessed February 12, 2016
- ↑ Under this name titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church, s. Rhaedestus .
- ↑ Resieverbot for mayor in: North Kurier of 9/10. June 2018, p. 11.
- ↑ Pomorie and Tekirdağ renew the town twinning (Bulgarian) ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
