What is Tekirdağ?
[[Image:Kumbag Tekirdag 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|Tekirdağ]] '''Tekirdağ''' is a [[city]] in the European part of [[Turkey]]. It is a part of the region historically known as [[East Thrace]]. Tekirdağ is the capital of [[Tekirdağ Province]]. The city population {{As of|2016|lc=y}} is 176,848 mostly [[Turkish people]], some of [[Yörüks]]-Background, [[Pomak]], [[Crimean Tatars]] and [[Romanlar]].<ref>[https://www.nufusu.com/ilce/merkez_tekirdag-nufusu Tekirdağ merkez nüfusu]</ref> There are honorary consulates of [[Hungary]] and [[Bulgaria]] in Tekirdağ. Tekirdağ is on the northern coast of the [[Sea of Marmara]], {{convert|135|km|0|abbr=off}} west of the city of [[Istanbul]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commonscat-inline}} * {{Wikivoyage-inline}} * {{Official website|http://www.tekirdag.bel.tr/ }} {{in lang|tr}} * [http://www.f-blog.info/galeri/tekirdag/ Tekirdağ photo gallery] {{in lang|tr}} {{Cities of Turkey}} {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekirdag}} [[Category:Cities in Turkey]] [[Category:Port cities and towns of the Atlantic Ocean]] [[Category:Marmara Region]]