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Tekirdağ
city in Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tekirdağ is a city in the European part of Turkey. It is a part of the region historically known as East Thrace. Tekirdağ is the capital of Tekirdağ Province. The city population as of 2016[update] is 176,848 mostly Turkish people, some of Yörüks-Background, Pomak, Crimean Tatars and Romanlar.[1] There are honorary consulates of Hungary and Bulgaria in Tekirdağ.
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Tekirdağ is on the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara, 135 kilometres (84 miles) west of the city of Istanbul.