John Kantakouzenos on the other hand Giving regularly hired Employment Ottoman Turk mercenaries from Asia Minor who soon became Becoming a fixture on the battlefields in Thrace .

During the Byzantine civil wars Ivan Alexander regained Recovering control Control over several towns in Thrace and the Rhodopes but his frequent interference in the internal affairs of Byzantium hampered Hindering any closer relations between the two counties despite the peace established Building in 1332 .

In 1352 Turkish forces invaded Attack Bulgaria anew , raiding Attack Thrace , particularly the vicinities of Aitos , Yambol , and Plovdiv , and capturing Conquering rich spoils .

On 14 November , joint Collaboration Franco-Greek troops occupied Control the town of Uzunköprü in Eastern Thrace as well as the railway axis till the train station of Hadımköy near Çatalca on the outskirts of Constantinople .

After an unsuccessful Byzantine attempt to murder Killing him ruined Destroying all prospects for negotiations with them , Krum ravaged Destroying much of Eastern Thrace and then turned Change against Adrianople which was still under siege Besieging .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Lysimachia was fought Hostile_encounter in 277 BC between the Gallic tribes settled in Thrace and a Greek army of Antigonus at Lysimachia , Thracian Chersonese .

After their defeat at Thermopylae the Gauls retreated Escaping out of Greece and moved Motion through Thrace and finally into Asia .

The town was looted Robbery by the Bulgarians who continued Hold their victorious march Conquering through eastern Thrace and captured Conquering many more towns and fortresses .

They sent Sending two leaders ( Peter and Asen ) to negotiate Communication with the emperor at Kypsella ( now İpsala ) in Thrace .

The Ottoman Empire also attacked Attack Bulgaria and advanced Cause_to_make_progress in Thrace regaining Recovering Adrianople .