Muratlı is a municipality and

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Tekirdağ Province Tekirdağ Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 6,190 km2, and its population is 1,142,451 (2022). It is located in the East Thrace region of the country, also known as European Turkey, one of only t ...

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. Its area is 388 km², and its population is 30,067 (2022). It is located at 24 km north of the town of

Tekirdağ Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022. Tekirdağ ...

and on the railway line from

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to the Bulgarian border. The district has hot summers and cold winters. The mayor is Nebi Tepe ( CHP).

Composition

There are 20

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in Muratlı District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Arzulu * Aşağısevindikli * Aydınköy * Balabanlı * Ballıhoca * Çevrimkaya * Fatih * Hanoğlu * İnanlı * İstiklal-Kurtpınar * Kepenekli * Kırkkepenekli * Muradiye * Müsellim * Turan * Yavaşça * Yeşilsırt * Yukarısevindikli * Yukarısırt * Yurtbekler

Places of interest

*The railway station - built in 1870; the Orient Express passed through here between

and

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. *İnanlı Çeşmesi - a fountain built in 1914 *The house that Atatürk visited - in 1935 Atatürk ordered the construction of a settlement for Turkish refugees from

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and

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. On 3 June 1936 he made a visit of inspection to one of the houses, commemorated by a plaque in the garden, which has "You lucky refugee don't forget 3rd of June, he became visitor to your house, he presented love to your all " written on it.

References

External links

Murateli.Net

Muratlı Photo Gallery
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