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'''Kırklareli Province''' ({{lang-tr|{{italics correction|Kırklareli ili}}}};, {{lang-bg|Лозенград}}; {{Lang-el|Σαράντα Εκκλησιές}}) is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] in northwestern [[Turkey]] on the west coast of the [[Black Sea]]. The province neighbours [[Bulgaria]] to the north along a {{convert|180|km|adj=on}} long border. It borders the province of [[Edirne]] to the west and the province of [[Tekirdağ]] to the south and province of [[Istanbul]] to the southeast. [[Kırklareli]] is the capital city of the province. The province's and its central city's name means ''"the land of the forties"'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and it may refer either to the forty Ottoman [[ghazi warriors|ghazis]] sent by the sultan [[Murad I]] to conquer the city for the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the 15th century or to the forty churches reported to be situated in the region before the Ottoman conquest, as attested by the former name of Kırklareli (''Kırk Kilise'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]; Σαράντα Εκκλησιές). There is a memorial on a hilltop in Kırklareli city, called "Kırklar Anıtı" (''the Memorial of the Forties'' in Turkish) to honor the Ottoman conquerors (''For more on the name's origins, see [[Kırklareli]]'').