Edremit

Edremit is a region in Balikesir Province, Turkey, and additionally the focal city of that region, on the west shore of Turkey, not a long way from the Greek island of Lesbos. It is arranged at the tip of the bay with a similar name Gulf of Edremit, with its town focus a couple of kilometers inland, and is a vital focal point of exchange, alongside alternate towns that are arranged on a similar inlet to be specific Ayvalik, Gomec, Burhaniye and Havran. It is additionally one of the biggest locale focuses of Balikesir Province. The area of Edremit, particularly around Kazdagi, is to a great extent secured with timberlands. The advanced city of Edremit is named after the old city of Adramyttion, a city of Asia Minor on the shore of Aeolis.

Tahtaci Turkmen, relatives of the armed force of Shah Ismail I, settled in the mountains close Edremit after their annihilation in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514. By 1819, Adramyttion kept on involving its old site on the drift and was known as Adramiti. As indicated by Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, Adramiti was just populated by "a couple of Greek fishermen". In 1912, the town had 6200 occupants, 1200 of which were Greeks.