I try to find a town of turkey. it was greek and my grandfather comes from there

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I try to find a town of turkey. it was greek and my grandfather comes from there.?

in 1904 my grandfathers family become refugies with other greek families on the population exchange. the town changed name then, the greek name is rodestos. i cant find it in the maps. also my grand mothers town is simular situation, and the greek name is andrianupolis, i would be very happy if icould had informations for thse two towns and their location to the maps. my name is papaevangelou dimitrios. thank you

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Tekirdag is the modern name for Rodestos...this from the Encyclopedia Brittanica:

Tekirdag, formerly Rodosto, city, European Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara. Probably founded in the 7th century BC as a Greek settlement called Bisanthe, it was renamed Rhaedestus when it became the capital of Thrace in the 1st century BC. Taken by the Ottoman Turks in the second half of the 14th century, it was later occupied successively by Russia (1877–78), Bulgaria (1912), and Greece (1920–22).

From the Greek Orthodox Church we have a clue on where Adrianopolos is...in Bythinia...

"St. Alypius the Stylite of Adrianopolis (640)

Commemorated on November 26

He was from Adrianopolis in Bythinia, and took up the ascetical life at a young age. After many spiritual struggles he took up residence on a pillar, where he dwelt for fifty-three years. Crowds came to seek his intercession and counsel, and in time a women's monastery was founded near the pillar. At times an unearthly light was seen to radiate from the top of the pillar, accompanied by thunder and lightning. He owned nothing, and once threw his only tunic down to a poor man in need, leaving himself completely exposed to the elements until a recluse dwelling nearby saw his condition and came to his help. After fifty-three years, Alypius suffered a stroke which paralyzed half his body, but he continued to live on the pillar for another fourteen years, giving up his soul to God at the age of ninety-nine."

Bythinia is about 70 miles west of Istambul and includes the ancient city of Nicea (think of the Nicean-Constantinople Creed if you're a Catholic or Orthodox Christian...site of a couple of pivotal councils of the early Christian Church). A little more searching through Orthodox Church records shows it's now called "Edirne". Here's a site giving more detail on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adrianopoli...