Edirne Kapısı, Theodosian Walls

In the Byzantine era, this gate was the main one in Constantinople, and was named Porta Harisius. The gate opened access to the main road connecting the city with the empire, it led to the city of Hadrianopolis, since it was founded by Emperor Hadrian. It was through these gates that the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror triumphantly entered the city on November 29, 1453, marking the beginning of a new era of the great city. In the Turkic language, the name Adrianopolis was transformed into a consonant with Edrina, and the gate was called Edirne Kapısı, and the area adjacent to this section of the wall is named Edirnekapı. Subsequently, the Ottoman sultans went through these gates on military campaigns to Europe. Subsequently, the gate was also used in the ceremony of entering the city of the new sultan after the procedure of "girdling" (Taklid seif, putting on a belt with the sword of Osman), which took place in the Eyup Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii) outside the city walls. The gates are located between towers 86 and 87, from the outside they have a width of 4.26 meters and a height of 7.3 meters, from the city side 5.65 and 8.6 meters respectively. At the gate, you can see several signs from the Ottoman period announcing the repair work. In 1992-94, the gate was renovated. During the earthquake of 1999, the south tower (number 86) was destroyed, but later it was restored.

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There is a bus parking lot next to the gate on the inside of the wall, so you can easily find this place.