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Sarıpolat, Malkara
Sarıpolat is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Malkara, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its population is 195 (2022). It is situated in the eastern Thrace plains. The distance to Malkara is . The old name of this village is Teslim. It was a Bulgarian people, Bulgarian village during the Ottoman Empire era. But after the Second Balkan War the Bulgarian population was forced to leave the settlement. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malkara
Malkara () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,243 km2 (the largest in Tekirdağ Province), and its population is 50,988 (2022). It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. The mayor is Nergiz Karaağaçlı Öztürk ( CHP). Climate Malkara experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: ''Csa''), with hot, dry summers, and chilly, rainy, somewhat snowy winters. History Thrace was the scene of fighting during the Persian Wars and the name Malkara is said to come from the Persian 'Margaar' meaning 'cave of snakes'. Alternatively the town may be named after 'Malgar' a general in the army of Alexander the Great who built a fortress here after they had succeeded in bringing to an end the Persian 30-year occupation of Thrace. These fortifications remained in use up until the Byzantine period. Once the area had been brought under Ottoman control it was settled with Turks from Anatolia and a Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |