Edirne
Edirne
The city is a commercial centre for woven textiles, silks, carpets and agricultural products and has a growing tourism industry. It is the seat of Edirne Province and Edirne District. Its population is 180,002 (2022).
Names and etymology
The city was founded and named after the Roman emperor Hadrian as Hadrianopolis (Adrianople in English, ; Ἁδριανούπολις in Greek) on the site of the Greek city of Orestias, which was itself founded on an earlier Thracian settlement named Uskudama. The Ottoman name Edrine (ادرنه) is derived from the Greek name. The name Adrianople was used in English until the Turkish adoption of the Latin alphabet in 1928, after which Edirne became the internationally recognised name. In Bulgarian the city is known as Одрин (Odrin).
History
!Selimiye Mosque exterior. [Architect Sinan called the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul his apprentice work, the Süleymaniye his journeyman work, and the Selimiye his masterpiece. He was 85 when he finished it.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/SelimiyeMosque026.jpg/250px-SelimiyeMosque026.jpg)
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