Malgara

Malgara lies in the rolling country of eastern Thrace, inland from the Sea of Marmara. The town came under Ottoman rule during the fourteenth-century campaigns that carried Ottoman power into Europe. In the following century it was associated with the frontier commander Turahan Bey and his son Ömer Bey. The latter endowed a stone mosque in the town, its prayer hall covered by a single dome. Other foundations attributed to him included a caravanserai and shops, supporting both worship and the life of the market.