Edremit (District), Balıkesir
Edremit may refer to: * Edremit, Balıkesir, a district and city in Balıkesir Province, Turkey * Edremit, Van Edremit ( ku, Artemêt; hy, Արտամետ, Artamet), is a district in the Van Province of Turkey. The district's central town which has the same name is situated on the coast of Lake Van at a distance of from the city of Van. Government Gül ..., a district and city in Van Province, Turkey * Edremit, the Turkish name for Trimithi, Cyprus * Edremit (olive), a cultivar of the olive tree {{disambig, geo ...
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Edremit, Balıkesir
Edremit is a city and district of Balıkesir Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated at the tip of the gulf with the same name (Gulf of Edremit), with its town centre a few kilometres inland, and is an important centre of trade, along with the other towns that are situated on the same gulf (namely Ayvalık, Gömeç, Burhaniye and Havran). It is also one of the largest district centres of Balıkesir Province. The district of Edremit, especially around Kazdağı, is largely covered with forests. The mayor of Edremit municipality is Selman Hasan Arslan. History The modern city of Edremit is named after the ancient city of Adramyttion () or Adramytteion (Ἀδραμύττειον), a city of Asia Minor on the coast of Aeolis which is in near city Modern Burhaniye Tahtacı Turkmen, descendants of the army of Shah Ismail I, settled in the mountains near Edremit after their defeat in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514. By 1819, Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn r ...
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