Edirne
City
City in European Turkey near the Greek and Bulgarian borders, the former Ottoman capital known in English as Adrianople, taken by Bulgaria in 1913.
Names
- until March 28, 1930 Adrianople
Held by
- 1789 – November 1, 1922 Ottoman Empire
- July 25, 1920 – November 25, 1922 Greece Military occupation
- since November 1, 1922 Turkey
Events here 3
- September 14, 1829 Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
- November 3, 1912 – March 26, 1913 Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913)
- July 22–23, 1913 Siege of Adrianople (1913)