THE CITY OF HISTORY AND CULTURE: EDİRNE
Signs of a prehistoric life, Odrissia of the Thrace, the great Hadrinopolis of Emperor Hadrianus, Castrum of Rome and Byzantium that faces invasions, wars, destructions and victories… Glorious capital city of the Ottoman Empire… The capital on the west through which the armies flew and the sultans couldn’t’t forget… The city of heroes that endured all the pain of the 19th century and the tired migrations. One of the standing points of national consciousness which Mustafa Kemal defined as “an inseparable part of the country”. Edirne…
EDİRNE IN HISTORY
| BC 5000-3000 | Çardakaltı Neolithic and Chalcolithic era settlements |
| BC 3000-1000 | Tombstones, dolmens belonging to the Thrace |
| BC-1000-0 | The city of Odrissa of the Thrace tribe Odris |
| 123/124 | Declared a city by Roman Emperor Hadrianus and named Hadrianopolis |
| 1361 | Conquered by the Ottomans in the time of Murad the 1st |
| 1451 | Sultan Mehmed the 2nd was crowned in the Edirne Palace and planned for the conquest of Istanbul |
| 1569-1574 | Selimiye Mosque is built |
| 1828 | Invaded by the Russians |
| 1878 | Invaded by the Russians for the second time and was under invasion for a year. |
| 1912-1913 | Sieged by the Bulgarians for 5,5 months during the Balkan War and invaded 26 March 1913, the invasion lasted 2 months |
| 24 Temmuz 1920 | 1920 Invasion by the Greek army, invasion ended by the victory of Turkish Liberation War |
| 25 Kasım 1922 | Edirne’s liberation from enemy invasion |
| 21 Aralık 1930 | President Mustafa Kemal visits Edirne |
MUST SEE HISTORICAL SIGHTS AND PLACES
Mosques
Selimiye Mosque and “kulliye”
The Old Mosque
Üçşerefeli Mosque
Muradiye Mosque
Bazaars and Carvansaries
Arasta Bazaar
Semiz Ali Paşa Bazaar
Rüstempaşa Caravansary
Ekmekçizade Ahmet Paşa Caravansary
Deveci Han (Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate)
Edirne Castle-Macedonian Bastion and Archeological Park
Kaleiçi Houses-Edirne Town Houses
Edirne Palace; Adalet Pavilion, Cihannüma Pavilion, Kum Pavilion Turkish Bath, Matbahı Amire and Kum Pavilion Turkish Bath
Museums
Edirne Archeology and Ethnography Musuem
Osmanlı Tombstone exhibition area
Turkish Islamic Arts Museum
Selimiye Foundation Museum
“Kulliye” of Sultan Bayezid the 2nd and Health Museum
Martrys’ Cemetery and Memorial
Sarayiçi Balkan War Cemetery and Memorial
Şükrü Paşa Memorial and Balkan War Museum-Kıyık Bastion
Karaağaç Balkan War Cemetery and Memorial (Dokuz Jandarma Martrys’ Cemetery)
Karaağaç Lausanne Memorial and Museum
Geçkinli Village Balkan Memorial
Sırpsındığı War Memorial
Hıdırlık Bastion
