Tekirdağ Tourist Map With Attractions Visiting Places

Etymology
Tekirdağ was named as Bisanthe (Βισανθη) and later Rodosto (Ρωδοστο) during the Byzantine period. The Turks who conquered the city started to call the city Rhodes first, and from the 18th century it was called Mount Tekfur. Tekfur is a word quoted from Armenian and given to Christian rulers in Ottoman Turkish. Asli tagovar, meaning the crown bearer. After the proclamation of the Republic, the word tekfur was thrown and replaced by a vowel-like tabby.

It was accepted that Tekirdağ was founded as a Greek colony. The city was first founded by colonists from Samos, known as "Bisanthe". The similarity between this name and the word Byzantine is striking. This name was used when the city came under the control of the Thracian Kingdom of Odris. Those who accept this view suggest that the city was renamed "Rhaedestus" during the Roman Empire. However, there are also new views that argue that Bisanthe is not in the center of Tekirdağ but in the town of Barbaros. Roman historian Gaius Plinius Secundus, also known as Pliny, speaks of the city of Bisanthe and another city called "Resisto". In this respect, the name of Resisto / Resisthon, rather than Bisanthe, can be accepted as the first known name of Tekirdağ.

The city, formerly known as Rhaedestos of Roman origin, is known by the name "Rodosto" during the Middle Ages, which coincided with the period of the Eastern Roman Empire. When the Ottomans first took the city, they used the name "Rhodes" again derived from this name. But then the city "Tekfurdag" has been referred to by name, the name of the city in the early years of the Republic of Turkey on the occasion of Tabby Mountain is located southwest of the city "Hawaii" as is formalized.

history
The oldest remains related to human settlement in Tekirdağ were found at the site of Yatak, Kuştepe and Balıtepe near Karansıllı village. These are open-air finds with tools from the Lower Paleolithic Age. They can be typologically dated from one million years to 250 thousand years ago. Menekşe Çatağı, which is located just east of Tekirdağ, is a discovery site from the Chalcolithic Age to the Hellenistic Period.

The old history of Tekirdağ is parallel to other provinces in Thrace; The region, which was first inhabited by the Thracians, was conquered by Murat I in 1357, following the reign of Macedonian, Persian, Roman and Byzantine territories. In 1703, the host of the rebellious Hungarian prince Rakoczi struggling for independence against the Austrian Empire, Tekirdağ was a flagship center of the Edirne province at the end of the Ottoman period. After the victory in the War of Independence, the province, which was occupied by Russian in 93 War (1878), Bulgarian in Balkan War (1912) and Greek occupation after World War I (1920-1922), permanently joined Turkish territory on 13 November 1922. .
Ancient period

The finds from this period of Tekirdağ are the various Thracian tumuli and the ancient cities of Bisanthe and Heraion Teikhos. During the period, the Thracian tribes and the Greek colonists were effective in the Marmara coast.

Tumuli in the region (Tekirdag center only) are as follows;

* Karaevlialtı Mound: Also known as the Harekkattepe tumulus. Heraion is located 150m from the sea near the ancient city of Teikhos. Located on the shore of the Tekirdag-Istanbul highway, the mound was first damaged due to road works in 1957, and a rapid rescue excavation was initiated in order to prevent further damage as a result of the planned road expansion works in the following years. This tomb, which belongs to Kersepleptes, is one of the kings of Odris. Buried in a red dress, the king's grave yielded oak and ivy wreaths. Finds can be seen at the Tekirdağ Archeology and Ethnography Museum

Menekşe Çatağı Höyük: The western and eastern sections of the mound were excavated in the western part of the mound. It was used during the Early Bronze Age and covers similar to Troy1 and objects belonging to Troy2 were found. A layer belonging to the Early Iron Age (1200 BC) was found on this level. In the East Violet Crack, findings related to similar periods were obtained. Early Iron Age animal offerings and mudbrick remains were found. Remains of a temple thought to have been used for about 2 centuries BC were also found from the East Violet Roof.

Naip Tumulus The Tumulus, also known as Kızlarhöyük, began excavations in 1984 at the Tekirdağ Museum. It is thought that the grave dated to 325-320 BC belongs to Teres, son of Kersepleptes.
Tekirdağ, the main ancient cities in the center of the sea, but there are two.

Bisanthe: Bisanthe, Panion, according to the researches of the settlement known as Banados in the following years, is the Barbaros town of Tekirdağ. Founded by the Samos colonists around 550 BC, Seuthes of Odris kings described it as the most beautiful place on the coast to live in its territory.
Heraion Teikhos: The ancient city of Karaevlialtı was used from 2000 BC to the Byzantine period. The city, which means "Walls of Hera", was originally founded as a Thracian settlement. century Hera cult is considered to be an important center of the island of Samos is thought to be affected by the migration wave. The main structures identified were a fortress, a medical center dedicated to the health god Asklepios, a temple complex worshiped by a large number of gods and goddesses, and graves belonging to the Hellenistic period.
Roman period
The region where the Egnatia Road, one of the major highways of the Roman Empire, crossed, provided some of the grain needs of the capital Constantinople, especially during the Eastern Roman Empire. The important cities of this period were Resisto (Tekirdağ) and Panion (Barbaros). In addition, the city of Panion was called Theodosiopolis for a while during the Eastern Roman period.

The city of Tekirdağ, which Plinius called Resisto / Resisthon in the 1st century AD, was recorded by Prokopius as Rhaidestos / Rhaedestos. The city, which was restored by the Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, was looted by raiders from the Balkans from time to time. An example is the destruction by the Bulgarians in 813 and 1206. The Bulgarian-Latin war of 1206 in the region is named after the city: the Battle of Rhodes.

Ottoman period

The Ottomans, who set foot on the European Continent with the acquisition of Çimpe Castle, conquered Tekirdağ for the first time in 1357 with the prince Murad I in 1357. After Byzantium took the city again, Murad I was forced to conquer the city for the second time in 1367 as the sultan. While the city had 9 neighborhoods during the conquest of Tekirdag, the city developed during the Ottoman period and became 30 neighborhoods in the 17th century, including 22 Muslim, 2 Armenian and 6 Greek. The Armenian neighborhoods in the city were established by Armenians who were emigrated from Anatolia due to the Celali rebellions.

Prince Ferenc Rákóczi, the Hungarian Prince of Transylvania, and his friends were exiled to Tekirdağ and their graves were found here in Cevdet Pasha's Ottoman history book.

According to the year 1892 written by Şevket Dağdeviren, Director of Edirne Province Printing House;

Edirne Province Tekfurdağı Sanjak is the center of the town of 42 districts, Eregli, Inecik and Naip districts other than 23 villages and a total of 41432 mixed population.

9 mosques, 12 dervish lodges, 3 shrines, 1 government mansion, telegraph office, military office, Aşar warehouse, secondary school, tax office, quarantine, harbor, municipality office, 2 warehouses, 55 fountains, 4 fountains, 2 flour factories, 1 pottery and the tile house has 20 windmills.

The first mosque was built by Ibrahim Pasha on the seaside, the Old Customs Mosque, the second one was built by Cağalazade Rüstem Pasha, the third mosque was built by Sinan Aga, the fourth one was Old Mosque, the fifth Bigos Mosque, the sixth Şaban Oğlu Mosque, the seventh Salhiye Mosque. and the ninth one is Hacı Hürmüz Mosque.

East Thrace, 93 War (1877-1878) with the Russians, the First Balkan War (1913) occupied by the Bulgarians, Tekirdag, July 20, 1920, the last occupation by the Greeks. This occupation continued until November 13, 1922, when the Turkish army entered the city.

Republican period
After the War of Independence, on January 20, 1921, it became a province of Tekirdağ in accordance with the Law of Organization. However, the announcement of Tekirdağ as the provincial center took place on 15 October 1923. Other than that, in an event that should be mentioned during this period; As a result of the Letter Revolution, Atatürk began to teach symbolic writing throughout the country and came to Tekirdağ on August 23, 1928 to teach writing. In order to commemorate this day, August 23 is celebrated under the name of "Letter Revolution Anniversary Celebrations" in Tekirdağ, the central district. In addition, the Lausanne Exchange and the 1934 Thracian events, which caused a change in the ethnic structure of the city, took place again during this period.

Issued in 2012 in Tekirdag with Law No. 6360 limits were established territorial boundaries of metropolitan municipalities and provinces with Turkey after the 2014 local elections began to study metropolitan municipality.