European Turkey

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geographical region part of country region

European Turkey is the small, geographically European part of Turkey that includes the region of Eastern Thrace and contains major cities such as Istanbul and Edirne.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
European Turkey canonical 17
Turkey 2
Asia-Europe (Istanbul metropolitan area) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
part of country ⓘ
region ⓘ
approximateDirectionFrom northwest of Anatolia ⓘ
borders Aegean Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
capitalCityLocatedIn Ankara (not located in European Turkey) ⓘ
contains Thrace ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Thrace

Edirne ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Kırklareli ⓘ
Tekirdağ Province ⓘ
surface form: Tekirdağ

Çanakkale Province ⓘ
surface form: Çanakkale (European part)
country Turkey ⓘ
crossedBy Pan-European Corridor IV ⓘ
surface form: Trans-European Motorway
currency Turkish lira ⓘ
formerEmpiresRuledBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
forms European part of Turkey ⓘ
hasBorderCrossingWith Bulgaria at Kapıkule ⓘ
Greece at İpsala ⓘ
hasMajorPortCity Istanbul ⓘ
Tekirdağ Province ⓘ
surface form: Tekirdağ
hasMajorRiver Evros River ⓘ
surface form: Meriç (Evros) River

Tunca River ⓘ
hasMetropolitanArea Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Istanbul Metropolitan Area
hasMinorityCommunities Bulgarian minority ⓘ
Greek minority ⓘ
hasSea Sea of Marmara ⓘ
hasStrait Bosporus ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
historicalCityIncludes Adrianople ⓘ
surface form: Adrianople (Edirne)
historicalRegionIncludes Thrace ⓘ
largestCity Istanbul ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
officialLanguage Turkish ⓘ
partOf NUTS-1 region TR1 (Istanbul) and TR2 (West Marmara) ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
separatedBy Bosporus ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
separatedFrom Asian Turkey ⓘ
strategicImportance controls Turkish Straits ⓘ
timeZone TRT (UTC+3) ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dardanelles → borderFeatureOf → European Turkey ⓘ
Bosporus → borderOf → European Turkey ⓘ
İznik → locatedInArea → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Turkey
Gallipoli Peninsula → locatedIn → European Turkey ⓘ
Edirne Palace ruins → locatedIn → European Turkey ⓘ
Trakya University → servesRegion → European Turkey ⓘ
Üç Şerefeli Mosque → locatedIn → European Turkey ⓘ
Treaty of 681 with the Byzantine Empire → locatedInPresentDay → European Turkey ⓘ
Asian Turkey → borders → European Turkey ⓘ
Turkish Straits system → separates → European Turkey ⓘ
Hisar Campus → locatedOnContinent → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asia-Europe (Istanbul metropolitan area)
Tekirdağ Province → partOf → European Turkey ⓘ
Alibeyköy Stream → locatedIn → European Turkey ⓘ
1st Army of Turkey → areaOfResponsibility → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: European part of Turkey (Thrace)
1st Army of Turkey → operationalEnvironment → European Turkey ⓘ
Southeastern Bulgaria → borders → European Turkey ⓘ
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace → regionServed → European Turkey ⓘ
Selymbria → locatedInRegion → European Turkey ⓘ
County of Tripoli → presentLocation → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkey
Meriç → formsBorderBetween → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkey
Greek mainland → borders → European Turkey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkey (European part)
Bessi → regionNowIn → European Turkey ⓘ
Battle of Levounion → locatedInPresentDay → European Turkey ⓘ