Historic & Cultural in Tekirdağ: Top Places

Historic & Cultural

Karabiga is a town in the Biga District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,962. It is located at the mouth of the Biga River, on a small east-facing bay, known as Karabiga Bay.

Kizikos is an ancient city of Mysia, located today near the Erdek district of Balıkesir province, on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was located on the southern coastal side of today's Kapıdağ Peninsula, which was originally said to be an island in the Sea of Marmara and formerly connected to the mainland by artificial means, and was named Arctonnesus in the classical period.

Historic & Cultural

The Tekirdağlı Hüseyin Pehlivan Statue is located in Cumhuriyet Square in Süleymanpaşa, commemorating the renowned Turkish wrestler Hüseyin Pehlivan. Born in 1908, Hüseyin Pehlivan (also known as Hüseyin Alkaya) immigrated to Tekirdağ with his family in 1927. He was the Kırkpınar chief wrestler eight times between 1935 and 1942. The statue is within 488 meters walking distance of the Tekirdağ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum.

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Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

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Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural

Historic & Cultural