Tzirallum

Çorlu
Emlak Konutları towerblocks – a prominent site of the city
Çorlu Location of Çorlu
Coordinates: 41°09′N 27°48′E / 41.150°N 27.800°E / 41.150; 27.800Coordinates: 41°09′N 27°48′E / 41.150°N 27.800°E / 41.150; 27.800
Country	Turkey
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	https://www.corlu.bel.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.

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.