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Edirne

Edirne, the ancient Adrianople, is a city in European Turkey near the Greek and Bulgarian borders. It served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire before the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and it is home to the Selimiye Mosque, regarded as a masterpiece of the architect Mimar Sinan.

Edirne
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Mentioned in 2 profiles

Byzantine EmpireDeclineOttoman EmpireImpact

Mentioned in 6 state histories

GreuthungiTervingiSecond Bulgarian EmpireLatin EmpireStrandzha CommuneProvisional Government of Western Thrace

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Edirne. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edirne
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“Edirne.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edirne. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Edirne.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edirne.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Edirne’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edirne (Accessed: ).

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