Edirne

E19465

city settlement

Edirne is a historic city in northwestern Turkey that served as an early capital of the Ottoman Empire and is renowned for its Ottoman-era architecture, including the Selimiye Mosque.

Aliases (1)

Edirne Province ×4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → settlement →
architecturalStyleProminent	Ottoman architecture →
capitalOf	Edirne Province →
capitalOfEmpireFrom	Ottoman Empire, 1360s–1453 →
contains	Edirne Palace ruins → Meriç Bridge → Old Mosque (Eski Camii) → Selimiye Mosque → Tunca Bridge → Üç Şerefeli Mosque →
country	Turkey →
countrySubdivisionType	province capital →
distanceToIstanbulApproxKm	240 →
famousEvent	Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival →
formerName	Adrianople → Hadrianopolis →
hasClimate	hot-summer Mediterranean-influenced climate → humid subtropical climate →
hasUniversity	Trakya University →
historicallyPartOf	Byzantine Empire → Eastern Roman Empire → Ottoman Empire → Roman Empire →
historicalRegion	Thrace →
knownFor	Ottoman-era architecture → Selimiye Mosque →
locatedIn	Eastern Thrace → Edirne Province → Marmara Region → northwestern Turkey →
locatedNearBorderWith	Bulgaria → Greece →
locatedNearRiver	Arda River → Tundzha River →
locatedOnRiver	Maritsa River →
locatedWestOf	Istanbul →
majorReligion	Islam →
namedAfter	Roman emperor Hadrian →
partOf	Republic of Turkey →
populationApprox	over 150000 inhabitants →
primaryLanguage	Turkish →
regionCode	TR-22 →
servedAs	capital of the Ottoman Empire →
sportsTradition	oil wrestling →
strategicLocation	junction of routes between Balkans and Anatolia →
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	2011 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains	Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ottoman Empire → Ottoman dynasty → Ottoman sultan →	capital
Edirne ("Edirne Province") → Selimiye Mosque → Selimiye Mosque ("Edirne Province") →	locatedIn
Ottoman culture →	associatedWithCapital
Mehmed II →	birthPlace
Murad I →	capitalEstablishedAt
Edirne ("Edirne Province") →	capitalOf
Ottoman architecture →	centeredInCity
Maritsa →	flowsThroughCity
early Ottoman period →	hasCapital
Marmara Region →	includesCity
Marmara Region ("Edirne Province") →	includesProvince
Adrianople →	modernName
Murad I →	movedOttomanCapitalTo
Ottoman authorities →	previousSeatOfCentralAuthority
Mimar Sinan →	workLocation