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Why visit Üsküp
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks and 4 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Belediye Çeşmesi and Üsküp Bağlık Yanı Tümülüsü.
Weather in Üsküp
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About Üsküp
Üsküp (Greek: Σκοπός) is a town (belde) in the Kırklareli District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,195 (2022).
From the Wikipedia article Üsküp, Kırklareli (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks4
Churches and places of worship1
Shopping2
History
Üsküp is an old settlement and the name of the town may refer to Scythians (Turkish: İskit), but more likely is a Turkish corruption of the Greek word "Skopos." In 1368, during the reign of Murat I the settlement was annexed to the Ottoman Empire. 17th-century Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi describes Üsküp as a relatively populated place famous for wine production. Evliya mentions that hundreds of Muslims of the neighbouring Kırklareli, Vize and Saray towns married the Greek and Bulgarian girls of Üsküp, who were renowned for their beauty, and had many children. The Bulgarian inhabitants left the settlement in 1913 while the Greek population stayed until the end of the Turkish War of Independence. According to the population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement, the Greeks were replaced by the Turks from Greece. The same year the settlement was declared a seat of township. Many of the Greek residents transferred to Greece founded the village of Neos Skopos near Serres, Greece.
From the History section of Üsküp, Kırklareli on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Üsküp
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tekirdağ Çorlu Atatürk Airport (TEQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 79 km away.
- Kırklareli 15 km west, about 15 min by car
- Pınarhisar 15 km southeast, about 15 min by car
- Vize 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Lüleburgaz 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- Babaeski 43 km southwest, about 43 min by car
- Hayrabolu 63 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Edirne 71 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Çerkezköy 70 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Çorlu 72 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tekirdağ 85 km south, 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
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Üsküp - panoramio, Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0
- Üsküp - panoramio (1), Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0
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