- This article is on the Aegean city and the district of Edremit in Balıkesir Province, western Turkey. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Balıkesir is a province in midwestern Turkey, having coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For the town and the district of Edremit in Van Province, on the shores of Lake Van in eastern Turkey, see Edremit, Van. Van is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches This article is on the town and the district of Edremit in Van Province, eastern Turkey.
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Marmara |
| Province | Balıkesir |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 10x xx |
| Licence plate | 10 |
| Website: http://www.edremit.bel.tr | |
Edremit (Greek: Αδραμύτιο) is a district in Balıkesir Province, Turkey, as well as the central city of that district, on the west coast of Turkey, not far from the Greek island Lesbos. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Balıkesir is a province in midwestern Turkey, having coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Lesbos (Λέσβος also transliterated Lesvos, Midilli is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It is situated at the tip of the gulf of the same name (Gulf of Edremit), with its center a few kilometers inland, and has central importance, especially as a center for trade, over other cities and towns of the same gulf (Ayvalık, Gömeç, Burhaniye and Havran). Ayvalık ( Ancient Greek: Κυδωνίαι, Greek: Αϊβαλί aivali or Κυδωνίες) is a seaside town in the northwestern Gömeç is a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. Burhaniye is a town and district of Balıkesir Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is also one of the biggest district centers of Balıkesir Province.
The Latin name for Edremit is Adramyttium, mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 27:2), as a city of Asia Minor on the coast of Mysia, which in early times was called Æolis. Mysia (Μυσία was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) The ship in which Paul embarked at Caesarea belonged to this city (Acts 27:2). Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and Caesarea Maritima (Greek παράλιος Καισάρεια called Caesarea Palaestina from 133 CE onwards was a city and Harbor built by Herod the Great He was conveyed in it only to Myra, in Lycia, whence he sailed in an Alexandrian ship to Italy. Myra is an ancient town in Lycia, where the small town of Kale ( Demre) is situated today in present day Antalya Province of Turkey "Sidyma" redirects here For the Moth Genus named thus see Sidyma (moth. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It was a rare thing for a ship to sail from any port of Judea direct for Italy. Judea or Judæa ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "praised In the 19th century, the name Adramyti was used. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
Edremit's economy relies largely on the production of olives, as well as on tourism. Kaz Dağı National Park, extending around the ancient Mount Ida, of Homeric glory, is situated within the boundaries of Edremit district and is an important tourist attraction with its natural scenery and a number of pittoresque small villages around it. Mount Ida, Turkish Kazdağı (pronounced, with a meaning of "Goose Mountain" Kaz Dağları, or Karataş Tepesi, is a mountain in Two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida in Greek mythology, equally named "Mount of the Goddess Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the In ethno-cultural terms, the population of Edremit is a mixture of Balkan Turks, descendants of immigrants from Aegean Islands, some Circassians, as well as native Tahtacı Turkmens, who pursue their own traditions and life-style to this day. The Aegean Islands (Νησιά Αιγαίου Nisiá Aigaíou; Ege Adaları are a group of Islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece Circassians is a term derived from the Turkic Cherkess ( Çerkes) and is not the self-designation of any people This article is about the Turkmen people of Turkmenistan. For the distinct group of Turk peoples of Iraq see Iraqi Turkmen. A private museum of ethnography in the village of Tahtakuşlar is one of the rare institutions in Turkey focusing on Tahtacı culture. The district of Edremit, especially around Kazdağı, is largely covered with forests.
Notable people from Edremit
- Hülya Avşar (born in Edremit, parents from Ardahan)
- Panos Dukakis (father of Michael Dukakis born in Edremit in 1896)
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Hülya Avşar (born 10 October 1963 in Edremit, Balıkesir) is a famous Turkish actress tv host and Pop folk singer Ardahan (Արդահան Ардаган არტაანი is a city in northeastern Turkey on the Georgian border Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician former Governor of Massachusetts, and was the Democratic Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year