Luleburgaz or Luleburgas ( tour. Lüleburgaz , Greek Αρκαδιούπολη , Arcadiopolis ) - a city and district in the province of Kirklareli ( Turkey ), located 60 kilometers southeast of Edirne , on the road to Istanbul . The population of Lüleburgaz totals 114 698 inhabitants ( 2016 ), together with the environs of 145 263 people.
| City | |
| Luleburgaz | |
|---|---|
| tour. Lüleburgaz | |
| A country |  Turkey |
| Status | District Center |
| Region | Kirklareli |
| Silt | Kirklareli |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 1 018 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 114 698 people ( 2016 ) |
| Agglomeration | 145,263 |
| Official language | Turkish |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +90 288 |
| Postcode | 39750 |
| Car code | 39 |
| Other | |
| Location Luleburgaz district in the silt of Kirklareli |  |
| luleburgaz.gov.tr (tour.) | |
History
In 823 , Thomas Slav lived in Arkadiopol. In 970 , a battle took place near the fortress between the troops of the Kiev prince Svyatoslav and the Byzantine army of Varda Sklir . In the 1360s, the city of Byzantium was recaptured by the Turks . The destruction during the Turkish invasion was so strong that in 1434 the French traveler Bertrandon de la Bronkier did not meet a single Greek in the city, although the city was located in the center of the former Byzantine Thrace, which Bronkier also calls "Greece" [1] . The fact is that Arkadiopol dared to resist the Ottoman Turks, so after its capture all the local Greeks were destroyed.
During the Russo-Turkish war , on January 24, 1878 , in the late evening, a detachment of General Alexander Strukov defeated the Ottoman forces .
During the First Balkan War, Luleburgaz became the center of the bloody Luleburgaz-Bunarhisar operation of the Bulgarian troops (October 28 - November 2, 1912). After the defeat of Turkey in the First World War and according to the Sevres World, the city, like almost all of East Thrace, went to Greece. Greek troops remained here until 1923, when, according to the decisions of the Lausanne Conference, Greece was forced to transfer East Thrace to the Turks. The indigenous Greek population was forced to leave the city.
In 1912, the following people lived in the city and the region:
Turks - 13,339 people
Greeks - 7 662 people
Bulgarians - 650 people
Jews - 230 people.
Armenians - 50 people [2] .
Attractions
- the architectural complex of the mosque Mehmed Sokolli Pasha 1539 - 1588 , built by Sinan
- city bath
- Caravanserai Mimar Sinan
- Mausoleum of Zindan Baba ( XIV century )
City holiday - Liberation Day November 8th .
Notes
- ↑ The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims - Google Books
- ↑ George Sotiriadis, An Ethnological Map Illustrating Hellenism in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor, 1918