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Çorlu (: [ˈtʃɔɪr.lʊ]) is a city in Tekirdağ Province in inland Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It is a rapidly developing industrial centre in a flat area on the road from Istanbul to Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 141,525, almost double the 1990 figure of 74,681. |
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Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is Europe's most populous city (the world's 3rd largest city proper) and Turkey's cultural and financial center. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents. In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
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