Çorlu
Sign in to savethumb|Çorlu place-name sign on the state road State road D.100 (Turkey)|D.100 (2017). Çorlu () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 531 km2, and its population is 300,296 (2024). It is a rapidly growing industrial center built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and off the highway D.100 between Istanbul and Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria. The nearest airport is Tekirdağ Çorlu Atatürk Airport (TEQ).
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Çorlu is a rapidly growing industrial municipality in northwestern Turkey's Tekirdağ Province with a population of about 300,000 people. It matters as a significant economic hub positioned strategically on major transportation routes (a motorway and highway) connecting Istanbul to Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria.
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Place details
- Locality
- Çorlu
- Region
- Tekirdağ
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 202,578
- Timezone
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era onwards
- Çorlu today
- Attractions
- Climate
- Economy
- Composition
- International relations
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Çorlu place-name sign on the state road State road D.100 (Turkey)|D.100 (2017). Çorlu () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 531 km2, and its population is 300,296 (2024). It is a rapidly growing industrial center built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and off the highway D.100 between Istanbul and Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria. The nearest airport is Tekirdağ Çorlu Atatürk Airport (TEQ).
==History== Bronze Age relics have been found in various areas of Thrace including Çorlu and by 1000 BC the area was a Phrygian-Greek colony. The area was subsequently controlled by the Greeks, Persians, Romans and Byzantines.