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Edirne is a strategic city located in the northwestern part of Türkiye, in the Thrace section of the Marmara Region, bordering both Bulgaria and Greece. A significant center during the Roman and Byzantine periods, the city came under Ottoman rule in 1361 and served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire until the conquest of Istanbul in 1453. Reflecting the cultural heritage of the Ottomans with its mosques, bridges, inns, and caravanserais—especially the Selimiye Mosque, one of the most important