The Tekirdağ Çarşı Baths are an Ottoman market hammam in Tekirdağ Province on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara in European Turkey. Çarşı hammams were typically positioned at the heart of commercial districts, serving merchants, craftsmen, and travelers who gathered around the covered bazaars of Ottoman towns. Tekirdağ, known in antiquity as Rhaedestus and an important Thracian port, has preserved this hammam as part of its layered urban heritage stretching across the Byzantine and Ottoman centuries.
Insider tip — Hammam of the Çarşı in Tekirdağ (ancient Raidestos), capital of the province of eastern Thrace on the Sea of Marmara. Tekirdağ is renowned for its rakı (anise spirit), its köfte (meatballs) and its wine port. The town hosted the exile of the Hungarian prince Ferenc Rákóczi II (1720-1735), whose house-museum is preserved.