Tekirdağ is the capital of the province of Tekirdağ

Tekirdağ is the capital of the province of Tekirdağ , the number of the city's population , according to 2009 statistics of about 140 535 people

Located on the northern coast of the Marmara Sea , about 135 km west of Istanbul .

A subtropical Vsifha climate hot and long , while cold and wet winters , and falling when there is snow between December and March for a week or two.

The area is a perfect location for the holidays, because this city two hours away from Istanbul , just across the highway component of the new four-lane .

Tekirdağ famous Ottoman buildings constructed in the traditional style elegant , the most famous of Rustem Pasha Mosque Rüstem Paşa Camii, built by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan in the sixteenth century .

Surrounded the mosque narrow streets that allows you to pick up a lot of pictures in traffic .

You'll find near the mosque, a lot of restaurants that offer you ( Tekirdağ kofta ) very famous and which is considered a major reason to visit a lot of tourists to this area!

It is composed of mutton along with onions and spices certain .

Usually followed by a delicious dessert dish consisting of semolina and fresh cheese .

Of places worth visiting in Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Müzesi which displays traces back to 4500 BC and the museum garden contains many of the coffins of antiquity left Greek and Latin civilizations Armenian.

The museum is open to visitors from nine o'clock am until three pm every day except Monday .

The entrance fee 2 TL for adults.

Address : Barbaros Caddesi 1

Phone : 902822612082

And to his House Museum is located Rakoczi's House overlooking the sea.

Do not forget to also see the in Tekirdağ garden freedom and peace Barış ve Özgürlük Parkı , which was opened in 1990.

It contains statues of Kemal Namik Francis Rakoczi II . And wooden sculptures in Hungarian style .

In addition to distinct groups of rare trees .

In terms of malls , we find that the Tekirdağ replete with trendy shopping centers , but the two most famous ever Center Tekira and center Maxi Alışveriş Merkezi.

Tekira Center

 Located on Government Street Hükümet Caddesi 304 in the center of the city .

Contains Mtagralmlabs and electronics stores , as well as restaurants that serve fast food, and also includes a large supermarket of Carrefour , as well as a home for the theater and another of cinema.

Open every day from ten in the morning until ten in the evening .

Phone : 902822601133

Maxi Alışveriş Merkezi Center

Located at the eastern end of the city, next to the highway to Istanbul.

Includes also shops for clothing , and a variety of restaurants to suit all tastes, and also includes a large supermarket Migros Migros .

Phone : 902822931330