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District and municipality in Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Çorlu (pronounced CHOR-loo) is a large industrial town in Eastern Thrace in Turkey, with a population in 2023 of 294,020. Administratively it's a township (ilçe) within Tekirdağ province, but it's outgrown its regional capital. It's primarily a textile town, with other agriculture-based activities such as food processing. You'd probably only come here on business.
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This small mosque with a single dome dates from 1521, so it's 500 years old, one of many commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. The interior is richly decorated, with an ornate minbar or pulpit. Its madrassah (religious school), baths and almshouses have gone.
Clean friendly place east side of town.
Efficient hotel a block south of main drag.
Apartment hotel in town centre
Old building but clean and comfy, rooms have satellite TV, air-con, wifi and en suite bathrooms. Free car park.
By bus
İstanbul Seyahat buses take just under two hours to Çorlu from Istanbul Avrupa station, 50 TL. Buses are hourly 06:00-19:00 with a last bus near midnight.
By train
Three regional trains run daily from Istanbul Halkali, taking 2 hours 30 min via Çerkezköy.
By car
Çorlu is on D-100 the highway between Istanbul and Europe, though O-3/E80 toll motorway nowadays bypasses 12 km north. Istanbul is 100 km east so reckon 75 min off-peak and two hours in the rush.
Walk: the centre is flat and compact. Salih Omurtak Cd is the main drag, along the historic highway between Istanbul and Edirne though D-100 now bypasses to the north. Atatürk Blvd runs across the southern part of town.
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