List of populated places in Tekirdağ Province

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Tekirdağ Province

Below is the list of populated places in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey by the districts. In the following lists first place in each list is the administrative center of the district. [1]

Tekirdağ Province Province of Turkey in West Marmara

Tekirdağ Province is a province of Turkey. It is located in the East Thrace region of the country, also known as European Turkey, one of only three provinces entirely within continental Europe. Tekirdağ Province is bordered by Istanbul Province to the east, Kırklareli Province to the north, Edirne Province to the west, and the Gallipoli peninsula of Çanakkale Province to the south.

Turkey Republic in Western Asia

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. East Thrace, located in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorous strait and the Dardanelles. Turkey is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to its northwest; Georgia to its northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. Istanbul is the largest city, but more central Ankara is the capital. Approximately 70 to 80 per cent of the country's citizens identify as Turkish. Kurds are the largest minority; the size of the Kurdish population is a subject of dispute with estimates placing the figure at anywhere from 12 to 25 per cent of the population.

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Süleymanpaşa

Süleymanpaşa İlçe (district) in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey

Süleymanpaşa is a planned district and second level municipality in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750 000, will be a metropolitan municipality and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts. These changes will be effective by the local elections in 2014.

Çerkezköy

Çorlu

Çorlu Place in Marmara Region, Turkey

Çorlu is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly developing industrial centre built on flatland located on the highway and off the motorway /E80 between Istanbul and Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria.

Ergene

Hayrabolu

Hayrabolu Place in Tekirdağ, Turkey

Hayrabolu, formerly Chariopolis, is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. As of 2013 the mayor is Hasan İrtem of the.

Hedeyli, Hayrabolu Village in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey

Hedeyli is a village in Hayrabolu district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, It is situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains at 40°19′N27°1′E. The distance to Hayrabolu is 18 kilometres (11 mi). The population of the village is 331 as of 2011. It was a Bulgarian village during the Ottoman Empire era. But after the Second Balkan War the Bulgarian population was forced to leave the settlement.

Kapaklı

Kapaklı Place in Tekirdağ, Turkey


Kapaklı is a district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. It is situated in the plains of Eastern Thrace at 41°20′N27°58′E. The distance to Çerkezköy is merely 7 kilometres (4.3 mi).and to Tekirdağ is 60 kilometres (37 mi). The population of Kapaklı is 60877 as of 2011. The town is quite populated because of its vicinity to industrial sites and İstanbul.

Malkara

Malkara Place in Tekirdağ, Turkey

Malkara is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. It covers an area of 1,225 km², which makes the district the largest in Tekirdağ. Population of the town is 25,000 with another 36,000 residing in surrounding villages. The mayor is Ulaş Yurdakul (CHP).

Izgar, Malkara Village in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey

Izgar is a village in Malkara district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, It is situated in the eastern Trakya (Thrace) plains at 40°51′N26°48′E. The distance to Malkara is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi). The population of the village is 430 as of 2011. It was a Bulgarian village during the Ottoman Empire era. But after the Second Balkan War the Bulgarian population was forced to leave the settlement.

Sarıpolat, Malkara Village in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey

Sarıpolat is a village in Malkara district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, It is situated in the eastern Thrace plains at 40°51′N26°46′E. The distance to Malkara is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). The population of the village is 216 as of 2011. The old name of this village is Teslim. It was a Bulgarian village during the Ottoman Empire era. But after the Second Balkan War the Bulgarian population was forced to leave the settlement.

Marmaraereğlisi

Muratlı

Saray

Şarköy

Recent development

According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750 000, were renamed as metropolitan municipality. Furthermore, two new disreicts were established; Kapaklı and Ergene. All districts in those provinces became second level municipalities and all villages in those districts were renamed as a neighborhoods . Thus the villages listed above are officially neighborhoods of Tekirdağ.

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References

  1. Turkstat