Kırklareli Province (Turkish: Kırklareli ili ) is a province in northwestern The Republic of Marmara on the west coast of the Black Sea. The province neighbours Bulgaria to the north along a 180 kilometers long border. It borders the province of Edirne to the west and the province of Tekirdağ to the south. 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