Heraclea Perinthus
| Marmara Ereğlisi | |
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 Marmara Ereğlisi
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| Coordinates: 40°58′11″N 27°57′19″E / 40.96972°N 27.95528°ECoordinates: 40°58′11″N 27°57′19″E / 40.96972°N 27.95528°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Province | Tekirdağ |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İbrahim Uyan (CHP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 196.85 km2 (76.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 10,325 |
| • District | 21,469 |
| • District density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Marmara Ereğlisi is a town, located in a district bearing the same name, in Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey.
The mayor is, as of January 2011[update], Uyan (CHP).
Ereğli is 30 km east of the town of Tekirdağ, and 90 km west of Istanbul near a small pointed headland on the north shore of the Marmara Sea. It is called Marmara Ereğlisi (or Marmara Ereğli in colloquial usage) to distinguish it from the two other large towns in Turkey with the name Ereğli (deriving from the Greek name ), one in Konya Province (Konya Ereğlisi), the other on the Black Sea coast (Karadeniz Ereğli).
The town, originally a Samian colony, was founded as Perinthos (Πέρινθος), in English usually known by its Latinized form as Perinthus. In about 400 BC, it was given the name of Heraclea (Ἡράκλεια). It was built amphitheatre-like on the hillside of a cape extending into the Sea of Marmara, close to where the modern town stands. Its port and its happy situation at the junction of several great sea-routes, made it a town of commercial importance. It became famous because of its resistance to Philip II of Macedon in 340 BC. Many of its coins have come down to us, and give us information concerning the festivals held there.
At an early date, according to tradition in the Apostolic Age, Heraclea became a Christian bishopric. As capital of the Roman province of Europa, it was the metropolitan see for all the bishoprics of the province, including Byzantium, which in 330 became Constantinople. Later on, Byzantine Emperor Justinian I would restore its aqueducts and palace. The see of Constantinople soon obtained superiority over Heraclea. However, Heraclea was recognized in the Notitia Episcopatuum of Pseudo-Epiphanius as having five suffragan sees: Panium, Callipolis, Chersonesus in Europa, Coela, and Rhaedestus. An early 10th-century Notitia Episcopatuum attributed to Leo VI the Wise lists the suffragans as 15 and another, dating from 1022–1025, puts them at 17. With the advance of the Ottoman conquests, the number of suffragans was severely reduced. In the early 20th century, it still had two suffragans. Today it is only a titular "Elder Metropolis and Exarchate of Thrace" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In the 13th century, there were Latin diocesan bishops of Heraclea. Today, the Catholic Church lists it as a titular see.
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