What you are about to read happened in a city whose past includes a remarkable chapter in the history of medical care, preserved at the Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum. Today, a new story is unfolding — one that asks a different but equally important question: how do we care […]
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the 153-kilometre Çerkezköy–Kapıkule section of the Halkalı–Kapıkule railway project on 9 October 2026, extending Turkey’s high-speed rail network towards the European border. Designed for speeds of up to 200 km/h, the double-track, electrified and signalled line is expected to significantly improve passenger and freight transport. […]
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Edirne’de taksi ve minibüs ücretleri, Belediye Meclisi’nde alınan kararla yaklaşık yüzde 15 oranında artırıldı. Yeni tarifeyle birlikte hem taksi yolculuklarının hem de minibüs kullanımının maliyeti yükseldi. Taksilerde açılış ücreti 65 liradan 75 liraya çıkarılırken kilometre başına ücret 40 liradan 46 liraya yükseltildi. Yeni tarifede 100 metrelik birim mesafe ücreti 4,60 […]
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Makedonya Tower (Makedonya Kulesi), also known in English as the Macedonian Tower in Edirne, is one of the most important surviving parts of Edirne’s ancient fortifications. Standing among the remains of the old city walls, the tower offers something particularly valuable: a physical connection between present-day Edirne and Hadrianopolis, the […]
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Today, Keşan, south of Edirne, is one of Thrace’s important transport centres. It is a place many people pass through when travelling from Istanbul towards Edirne, Greece or the Saros Gulf. But Keşan’s story is much older than its present-day name. One of the names associated with this area in […]
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Bugün Edirne’nin güneyindeki Keşan, Trakya’nın önemli ulaşım merkezlerinden biri. İstanbul’dan Edirne’ye, Yunanistan’a veya Saros Körfezi’ne giderken pek çok kişinin içinden geçtiği bir yer. Ama Keşan’ın hikâyesi bugünkü adından çok daha eski. Antik kaynaklarda bu bölgeyle ilişkilendirilen isimlerden biri Zorlanis. Peki Zorlanis neydi? Ve neden bugün bazı kaynaklarda Zorlanae adıyla da […]
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Edirne, yeniden keşfedilmeyi bekleyen bir şehir değil. Türkiye’nin kuzeybatısında, İstanbul’un yaklaşık 200 kilometre batısında ve Yunanistan ile Bulgaristan sınırlarının hemen yanında yer alan bu şehir; olağanüstü bir tarih ve kültür mirasına, kendine özgü Balkan kimliğine, nehirlere ve yeşil alanlara, güçlü bir yemek kültürüne ve hem canlı hem de rahat bir […]
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Edirne, in northwestern Turkey, around 200 km west of Istanbul and close to the Greek and Bulgarian borders, is not a city that needs to reinvent itself. It already has an extraordinary concentration of history and heritage, a distinctive Balkan character, rivers and green spaces, a strong food culture and […]
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If you need a pair of trousers shortened, a jacket altered, a zip replaced or a piece of clothing repaired while you are in Edirne, you do not necessarily need to look for a modern alteration shop. Edirne still has traditional tailors and small tailor ateliers where clothing repairs and […]
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So, where should you go if you want to buy nuts and snacks in Edirne? As the editor of EdirneTurkey.com and a regular customer of Yıldırım Kuruyemiş, I can recommend the company from personal experience. For someone relatively new to Edirne, discovering where to buy good local food is part […]
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Edirne has a Sanayi Sitesi, an industrial area where numerous small businesses provide vehicle repair and maintenance services. Among them are several repair shops specialising in different areas of automotive work, including auto electrical services. If you are visiting Edirne and have an electrical problem with your car, this local […]
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When we talk about a café in Edirne with something a little different to offer, NOOK CAFE is certainly one of the first places that comes to mind. We wanted to introduce this rather special café and pastry shop briefly. The café is in a very central location. Although it […]
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