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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Edirne canonical	63
Edirne Province	9
Edirne Municipality	1
Edirne Old Town	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ settlement ⓘ
architecturalStyleProminent	Ottoman architecture ⓘ
capitalOf	Edirne self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edirne Province
capitalOfEmpireFrom	Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion	Thrace ⓘ
knownFor	Ottoman-era architecture ⓘ Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
locatedIn	Thrace ⓘ surface form: Eastern Thrace Edirne self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edirne Province Marmara Region ⓘ northwestern Turkey ⓘ
locatedNearBorderWith	Bulgaria ⓘ Greece ⓘ
locatedNearRiver	Arda River ⓘ Iskar River ⓘ surface form: Tundzha River
locatedOnRiver	Maritsa ⓘ surface form: Maritsa River
locatedWestOf	Istanbul ⓘ
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
namedAfter	Hadrian ⓘ surface form: Roman emperor Hadrian
partOf	Turkey ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

Referenced by (74)

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

Ottoman Empire → capital → Edirne ⓘ

Ottoman architecture → centeredInCity → Edirne ⓘ

Edirne → locatedIn → Edirne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Edirne → capitalOf → Edirne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Ottoman dynasty → capital → Edirne ⓘ

Murad I → capitalEstablishedAt → Edirne ⓘ

Murad I → movedOttomanCapitalTo → Edirne ⓘ

Mehmed II → birthPlace → Edirne ⓘ

Marmara Region → includesCity → Edirne ⓘ

Marmara Region → includesProvince → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Ottoman sultan → capital → Edirne ⓘ

Maritsa → flowsThroughCity → Edirne ⓘ

Thrace → modernName → Edirne ⓘ

subject surface form: Adrianople

early Ottoman period → hasCapital → Edirne ⓘ

Ottoman authorities → previousSeatOfCentralAuthority → Edirne ⓘ

Selimiye Mosque → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Mimar Sinan → workLocation → Edirne ⓘ

Ottoman culture → associatedWithCapital → Edirne ⓘ

Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival → organisedBy → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Municipality

Kırkpınar oil wrestling festival → associatedWithCity → Edirne ⓘ

Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → signedIn → Edirne ⓘ

Edirne Palace ruins → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Trakya University → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

Ottoman House → capitalDuringRule → Edirne ⓘ

Hüdavendigâr → capitalDuringReign → Edirne ⓘ

subject surface form: Murad I

Hadrianopolis → locatedInPresentDay → Edirne ⓘ

Hadrianopolis → modernName → Edirne ⓘ

Hadrianopolis → archaeologicalRemainsAt → Edirne ⓘ

Arda River → nearCity → Edirne ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → residence → Edirne ⓘ

Hüma Hatun → placeOfDeath → Edirne ⓘ

Old Mosque (Eski Camii) → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Üç Şerefeli Mosque → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Adrianople → presentDayLocation → Edirne ⓘ

Adrianople → formerNameOf → Edirne ⓘ

Adrianople → modernNameAdopted → Edirne ⓘ

European Turkey → contains → Edirne ⓘ

Asian Turkey → containsCity → Edirne ⓘ

Meriç Bridge → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

Meriç Bridge → riverBankCity → Edirne ⓘ

Tunca Bridge → locatedIn → Edirne ⓘ

Tunca Bridge → locatedInProvince → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Province

Tunca Bridge → near → Edirne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edirne Old Town

Selim II → commissionedWorkLocation → Edirne ⓘ

Mehmed I → deathPlace → Edirne ⓘ