Bilecik is the provincial capital of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

's Bilecik Province which is located in northwestern

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. As of 2015 urban population of the city is 64,531. The mayor is Semih Şahin ( CHP). The town is famous for its numerous restored Turkish houses. It is increasingly becoming more attractive to tourists. With its rich architectural heritage, Bilecik is a member of the

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. southeast from Bilecik is

Söğüt Söğüt (, ; Greek: Θηβάσιον or Θηβάσιο, ''Thêbásion'') is a town and district in Bilecik Province, Turkey. It is in the Marmara region in the north-west of the country, with an area of , bordering Bilecik to the west, Gölpaz ...

, a small town, where the

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was founded in 1299.

Geography

Bilecik is located in the Southern Marmara section of the

Marmara Region The Marmara Region ( Turkish: ''Marmara Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. Located in northwestern Turkey, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to th ...

. The area of the central district is 844 km². It is one of the least populated provincial capitals in Turkey.

Climate

Bilecik has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (

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: ''Csa''), or a

temperate oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...

(

Trewartha climate classification The Trewartha climate classification (TCC) or the Köppen–Trewartha climate classification (KTC) is a climate classification system first published by American geographer Glenn Thomas Trewartha in 1966. It is a modified version of the Köppen ...

: ''Do''), with cool, wet and often snowy winters, and hot and dry summers. Summers are hot and dry with temperatures exceeding during the peak of summer which are the driest months. Winters are cold and it frequently snows between the months of December and March.

References

External links

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cultura.gov.tr

Pictures of the town and the Edebali lodge
{{Authority control Populated places in Bilecik Province Bilecik District Districts of Bilecik Province