Çorlu
| Çorlu | |
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Emlak Konutları towerblocks – a prominent site of the city
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 Çorlu
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| Coordinates: 41°09′N 27°48′E / 41.150°N 27.800°ECoordinates: 41°09′N 27°48′E / 41.150°N 27.800°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Region | Marmara Region |
| Province | Tekirdağ |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ünal Baysan (CHP) |
| • Kaymakam | Levent Kılıç |
| Area | |
| • District | 899.28 km2 (347.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 235,354 |
| • District | 273,362 |
| • District density | 300/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 59860 (North) and 59861 (South) |
| Area code(s) | 0282 |
| Licence plate | 59 |
| Website | corlu-bld.gov.tr |
Çorlu (pronounced [ˈtʃoɾɫu]) is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly developing industrial centre built on flatland located on the highway 
and off the motorway 
/E80 between Istanbul and Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria. At the 2012 census, the population of the city was 235,354 – a bit more than triple the 1990 figure of 74,681.
Bronze Age relics have been found in various areas of Thrace including Çorlu and by 1000 BC the area was a Phrygian-Greek colony named Tzirallum, Tzirallun, or Tzirallon (Τζίραλλον). The area was subsequently controlled by Greeks, Persians, Romans and the Byzantines.
During Roman and Byzantine times, the town was referred to as Tzouroulos, or Syrallo. The spelling "Zorolus" is used for the Latinized form of the name of the episcopal see identified with present-day Çorlu in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Some writers have identified the Roman town of Caenophrurium (the stronghold of the Caeni and the place where Emperor Aurelian was murdered in 275) with Çorlu, but this seems unlikely as the Antonine Itinerary lists Cenofrurium as two stages and 36 miles closer to Byzantium than Tzirallum, and the Tabula Peutingeriana shows the locations separately. There were important Roman and Byzantine fortifications at Caenophrurium, which was a base for controlling large areas of Thrace.
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