Uzunköprü

Uzunköprü
Uzunköprü Location o Uzunköprü in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°16′10″N 26°41′10″E
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Marmara Region
Province	Edirne
Govrenment
• Mayor	Enis İşbilen (CHP)
Area
• City	1213 km2 (468 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Density	60.6/km2 (157/sq mi)
• Urban	40,154
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	22200
Area code(s)	+(90)284
Website	[1]

Uzunköprü is a sma toun an a destrict o Edirne Province in northwastren Turkey.

It is on the railwey line frae Istanbul towards Sofia, Belgrade an wastren Europe, an a frontier post on the Greek border.

Lang Brig

The "Lang Brig" (Turkis: Uzunköprü) gae its name tae the toun. The brig wis biggit atween 1426 an 1443 bi heid airchitect Muslihiddin on the orders o Ottoman Sultan Murad II. The auncient stane-biggit brig, which haes 174 airches, is 1,329 m (4,360 ft) lang an up tae 6.80 m (22.3 ft) wide. Some o the airches are pointit an some are roond. Uzunköprü is the langest stane brig in Turkey.

The brig wis made tae cross the Ergene River, which wis a naitural barrier for advances intae the Balkans for the Ottoman Empire; its auld name wis Ergene Brig (Ottoman Turkish: Cisr-i Ergene‎). It is sae lang in order tae cross a law-lyin mairshy aurie. The brig wis restored in 1963.

The Edirne – Izmir state road still passes ower Uzunköprü.

Freemit airtins

• Uzunköprü website Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine