Malkara

Malkara is a town and region of Tekirdag Province in the Marmara district of Turkey. It is situated at 55 km west of Tekirdag and 190 km from Istanbul. It covers a region of 1,225 km², which makes the area the biggest in Tekirdag. Populace of the town is 25,000 with another 36,000 living in encompassing towns. The leader is Ulas Yurdakul. Thrace was the scene of battling amid the Persian Wars and the name Malkara is said to originate from the Persian 'Margaar' signifying 'buckle of snakes'.

On the other hand the town might be named after 'Malgar' a general in the armed force of Alexander the Great who manufactured a fortification here after they had prevailing with regards to conveying to an end the Persian 30-year control of Thrace. These strongholds stayed being used up until the Byzantine time frame. Malkara was involved by Russian troops in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 to 1829, again by the Russians in The Russo-Turkish War of 1877 to 1878 and most horrendously by the Bulgarians for 8½ months amid the Balkan Wars of 1912– 1913.

In excess of 500 inhabitants were killed in joined assaults by Bulgarian troops and nearby Greek residents. During the Second World War the Greek piece of Thrace was possessed by German and Bulgarian troops, and as Turkey made arrangements for conceivable passage to the war against Germany, displaced people from Greece were shielded in Malkara and a portion of the neighborhood individuals protected for their security in Anatolia.