Ayvalik

Ayvalik is a shoreline town on the northwestern Aegean bank of Turkey. It is an area of Balıkesir Province. The town focus of Ayvalık is encompassed by the archipelago of Ayvalık Islands, which confront the adjacent Greek island of Lesbos. It was an old Aeolian port-town, called Kydonies and it served encompassing Greek Aeolian urban areas, for example, Pergamos; since the Ottoman time, the name of the city changed to Ayvalik, the town remained transcendently Greek, and in spite of the fact that the Turks utilized its Turkish name, its Greek populace utilized indiscrimanantly its old name Kydonies and its new name Hellenized to Aivali .

The Ayvalik Region was considered by Beksac in his overview of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric settlements on the Southern Side of the Gulf of Adramytteion Edremit. The overview indicated diverse settlements close to the focal point of Ayvalık which show up for the most part to identify with the Early Classical Periods. However, a few settlements close to the focal point of Altınova were identified with the Prehistoric Period, particularly the Bronze and Iron Ages. Kortukaya, distinguished by Beksac in his review venture during the 1990s and mid 2000s, guides comprehension of the cooperation between the people groups of the inside and of the drift. Kortukaya is a standout amongst the most imperative settlements, alongside another settlement, Yeni Yeldegirmeni, close to the focal point of Altinova.