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"Tekirdag governor Mehmet Ceylan said.
Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when they were injured. Turkey, the health ministry said.
The train, with over 360 people on board, was traveling from the Edirne region to the Greek and Bulgarian borders to Istanbul's Halkali station when six of its carriages derailed in the Tekirdag region.
Over 100 ambulances have been felt to the scene, state-run TRT Haber television said TRT Haber said, quoting Health Ministry Undersecretary Eyup Gumus.
The Turkish army said in a statement that it had sent helicopters to the scene.
Television pictures showed several train carriages laying on their sides, and shocked injured being taken away from the stretcher.
"There are a large number of injured and we have fatalities. , "Tekirdag governor Mehmet Ceylan told the NTV channel. "The accident happened because of adverse weather conditions," he added.
Reports said the surrounding area was muddy due to recent rains and the ground beneath the rails may have subsided away, causing the train to derail.
The train in the Corlu District of Tekirdag, reports said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been informed about the accident and expressed his condolences over those who lost their lives, state-run Anadolu news agency said. [19659004TurkishauthoritiesunderthenameofTurkeyTurkeyandtheUnitedStatesofAmerica
Turkish pbadengers in general preferred to take care of the city. with the new high-speed lines.
The train involved in the accident appeared to be one of the slower pbadenger trains traveling on a single track railway.
Turkey's rail netw ork has been hit by several fatal accidents over the last years.
In January 2008, nine people were killed in the Kutahya region south of Istanbul due to faulty rails.
, 41 people were killed and 80 injured in July 2004 when a high-speed train derailed in the northwestern province of Sakarya.
(Except for the headline, this story was published by NDTV staff and is published a syndicated feed.)
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