Altınoluk, formerly Papazlık, is a town and summer resort in the
Edremit district of
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southea ...
in western
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It is located west of Edremit, at the northern coast of
Edremit Gulf and on
Mount Kazdağı hills.
The ancient city
Antandrus
Antandrus or Antandros ( grc, Ἄντανδρος) was an ancient Greek city on the north side of the Gulf of Adramyttium in the Troad region of Anatolia. Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as (''Antandria''), Aristotle, '' Histori ...
, Kazdağı National Park and Şahindere Canyon are visitor attractions around Altınoluk.
External links
Altınoluk Municipality website
Altınoluk Municipality profile at YerelNet.org.tr
Altınoluk Guide
Altınoluk Nerede
Populated places in Balıkesir Province
Seaside resorts in Turkey
Fishing communities in Turkey
Towns in Turkey
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