Balıkesir İli İngilizce Tanıtımı

Balıkesir
[coverattach=1]Balıkesir is a city in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 649,623 inhabitants. Its main exports are olive-based products. It is a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists, who use it as a base to explore the nearly countryside which is renowned for its beauty, especially the nearby Mount Ida (Kaz Dağı).

At or near Balıkesir was the Roman town of Hadrianutherae, founded, as its name commemorates, by the emperor Hadrian. During Byzantine ownership the city was known as Palaeokastron (Greek: Palaeologus castle).[coverattach=2]
Sites of interest
Kuş Cenneti (Bird Sanctuary) National Park, Erdek, Bandırma, Edremit Bays and Ayvalık Coastal Beach and Şeytan Sofrası (Table of Devil), Marmara Islands, Alibey (Cunda) Island, Erdek and Gönen Open-Air Museum, Kyzikus Ruins, Balikesir Yıldırım Mosque (eski cami), Zaganos Pasha Mosque Complex, Clocked Church-Mosque at Ayvalik, Alibey Mosque (Çınarlı Camii).
Notable natives
[coverattach=3]Ömer Seyfettin - renowned writer
Hülya Avşar - celebrity
Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan - World famous wrestler
Mehmet Çoban - Olympian Greco-Roman wrestler
Caner Erkin - CSKA Moscow Striker
Olcan Adın - Fenerbahçe footballer
Oğuz Savaş - Fenerbahçe basketballer
Tülin Altıntaş - Fenerbahçe Acıbadem volleyballer
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