Why visit Malkara
Townapedia lists 7 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 35 places to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Malkara and Gazi Ömer Bey Türbesi.
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About Malkara
Malkara (Greek: Μάλγαρα, Malgara) is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,243 km2 (the largest in Tekirdağ Province), and its population is 50,988 (2022). It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. The mayor is Nergiz Karaağaçlı Öztürk (CHP).
From the Wikipedia article Malkara (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks7
Malkara
Monument and historic site
District of Tekirdağ, northwestern Turkey
Balkan War Martyrs' Memorial
Monument and historic site
1912 Balkan savaşının birinci döneminin sonunda Malkara Bulgar 4 üncü Ordu Birlikleri tarafından işgal edilmiştir. Çıkan birtakım...
Kasap Mahmut Türbesi
Monument and historic site
100 Yıl Atatürk Parkı içindedir. Daha önceleri burası mezarlık olup, mezarlık kaldırılırken bu türbe kaldırılmamıştır. It is in the...
Yegan Baba Turbesi
Monument and historic site
I. Murat zamanından kalmadır. It dates from the time of Murat I.
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes35
23 more on the map.
Where to stay1
History
In antiquity, Malkara was known as Syracellae. In the Byzantine period, the city was known in Greek as Megale Karya (Μεγάλη Καρύα), whence the Ottoman name Magalkara.
Once the area had been brought under Ottoman control it was settled with Turks from Anatolia and a Turkish town emerged which thrived supplying the Ottoman cavalry regiments. Malkara was then used as a place of exile for those out of favor in the Ottoman court including:
Hacı Evhat – personal tutor to Suleiman the Magnificent, who exiled Evhat in 1524 when he did not like the lessons
Koca Sinan Pasha – statesman and Grand Vizier, exiled for four years here after the failure of his campaign against Persia in 1580
The 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi described Malkara as a tidy, hard-working town of 150 houses of tiled roofs noted for production of honey, cheese, and leather.
At the end of the 18th century Malkara was the scene of an uprising by the Janissary troops in protest against plans by Sultan Selim III to replace them with a new model army.
Malkara was occupied by Russian troops in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829, again by the Russians in The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and by the Bulgarians for 8.5 months during the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. In the aftermath of the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état, Malkara was reoccupied by Ottoman troops.
From the History section of Malkara on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship12
Shopping19
Gas and EV charging5
Schools, colleges and libraries12
Hüsniye Hanım Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi
School · 1.0 km
79 Gazibey Mah. Kurtuluş Cad., Malkara/TEKİRDAĞ
Healthcare23
Map of Malkara
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tekirdağ Çorlu Atatürk Airport (TEQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 90 km away.
- Yaylagöne 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Keşan 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Tekirdağ 52 km east, about 52 min by car
- Gelibolu 57 km south, about 57 min by car
- Babaeski 62 km north, about 1 h by car
- Lapseki 63 km south, about 1 h by car
- Lüleburgaz 68 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Biga 79 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Çorlu 81 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Marmara Ereğlisi 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- ISS030-E-255438 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS022-E-100455 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS065-E-383183 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Street-level photo, sefaonur, CC BY-SA 4.0
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