Marmara is a region in northwestern Turkey. It is Turkey's bridge and connection to Europe. Turkey's largest city, Istanbul is the region's unofficial capital.
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Istanbul is Turkey's most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. Located on both sides of the Bosphorus, the narrow strait between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, Istanbul bridges Asia and Europe both physically and culturally.
Tekirdağ is a city of 108,000 in European Turkey, on the northern shoreline of the Sea of Marmara.
Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, in northwest Turkey. It lies on the gently rolling Thracian plains and just east of confluence of Maritsa, Tundzha, and Arda Rivers, known in Turkish as Meriç, Tunca, and Arda, respectively.
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Istanbul Province is located in a central position in Marmara Region, Turkey. It connects Europe and Asia.
Eastern Thrace constitutes the European part of Turkey and forms the northwestern edge of the country.
Southern Marmara is the southern part of Marmara Region, Turkey. Bird Paradise National Park is one of the earliest national parks of Turkey, surrounding Lake Kuş.
Eastern Marmara is the eastern portion of Marmara Region, Turkey. Eastern Marmara is bordered by Istanbul Province, Southern Marmara, Central Anatolia, and Western Black Sea Region to northwest, southwest, south/southeast, and east respectively.
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