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 | | The main cities are Istanbul, Edirne (formerly Adrianople), Tekirdag, Kirklareli, and Gallipoli (all in Turkey); Istanbul (Constantinople) is generally considered a separate entity. |
 | | By 342 B.C. all Thrace was held by Philip II of Macedon, and after 323 B.C. most of the country was in the hands of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. |
 | | In 1878, Northern Thrace was made into the province of Eastern Rumelia; after the annexation (1885) of Eastern Rumelia by Bulgaria (which had gained independence in 1878), the political meaning of the term Thrace became restricted to its southernmost part, which was still in Turkish hands. |
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