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Monument Attractions In Edirne

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Edirne [eˈdiɾnɛ], historically known as Adrianople , is a city in the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne in the region of East Thrace, close to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the third capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1363 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's fourth and final capital. The city's estimated population in 2014 was 165,979.
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  • 2. Balkan Sehitligi Edirne
    The Balkan Wars Memorial Cemetery in Edirne , located at Sarayiçi quarter of Edirne, Turkey, is a memorial burial ground for Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars , who were killed in action during the Siege of Adrianople . It was opened to public on January 14, 1994. Situated on the west bank of the Tunca north of Edirne, the memorial cemetery is laid out over 858 m2 . Designed by architect Nejat Dinçel and built as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, it contains in twelve blocks the names of 100 officers and 400 soldiers on plaques. In front of the memorial cemetery, an unknown-soldier monument with a bronze statue of an Ottoman soldier is erected, which was created by sculptor Tankut Öktem. The reliefs in the memorial depicting the Balkan Wars are of Metin Yurdanur.
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