Karesi, Balıkesir
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Karesi is a municipality and district of
Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale Province, Çanakkale to the west, İzmir Province, İzmir to the southw ...
, Turkey. Its area is 695 km2, and its population is 187,362 (2022). The district was established in 2012, when Balıkesir Province was declared a metropolitan municipality as a part of the
2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities ( tr, belediyeler) are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey was 76,667,864 as of 31 December 2013. The majority of the population live in settlements ...
(Law no. 6360). Karesi was created out of the former Balıkesir central district, along with
Altıeylül Altıeylül is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Balıkesir Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also cr ...
. The name '' Karesi'' refers to a short-lived -14th-century
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beylik around Balıkesir.


Composition

There are 70
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in Karesi District: * Adnan Menderes * Akıncılar * Aktarma * Alacabayır * Alihikmetpaşa * Armutalan * Atatürk * Aygören * Bakacak * Beyköy * Boğazköy * Büyükpınar * Çanacık * Çay * Çaypınar * Davutlar * Deliklitaş * Dumlupınar * Düzoba * Ege * Eskikuyumcular * Fethiye * Hacıismail * Halkapınar * Hisaralan * Hisariçi * İbirler * Kabakdere * Kalaycılar * Kamçıllı Mahallesi * Karabeyler * Karakolköy * Karaoğlan * Karesi * Kavaklı * Kayabey * Kırmızılar * Kızpınar * Kocaavşar * Köteyli * Kurtdere * Kuva-Yi Milliye * Maltepe * Mirzabey * Naipli * Ortaca * I. Oruçgazi * II. Oruçgazi * Ovacık * Paşaalanı * 1. Sakarya * 2. Sakarya * Şamlı * Taşkesiği * Tatlıpınar * Toybelen * Toygar * Turplu * Üçpınar * Vicdaniye * Yağcılar * Yaylabayır * Yaylacık * Yenice Iskender * Yeniköy * Yenimahalle * Yeroluk * Yeşilova * Yıldırım * Ziyaretli


Cityscape

Anafartalar Street, Milli Kuvvetler Street, Vasıf Çınar Street, Kızılay Street, Atalar Street are important streets in the city. Aygören, Karaoğlan, Dumlupınar, Hisariçi, Karesi, Kızpınar, Hacıilbey quarters are the first settlements of the city. The eldest settlements are acclivity, lane and also have adjoint buildings. Many historical places are in these quarters. A summary of new settlements are Atatürk, Paşaalanı and Adnan Menderes quarters. The squares of the city: Ali Hikmet Pasha (AHP), Republica, Wrestler Kurtdereli Mehmed and Karesi. Trade and economic life is concentrated on three streets. These are ''Milli Kuvvetler Street'',''Kızılay Street'' and ''Anafartalar Street''. Commercial life focuses on these streets and the small streets which are intersecting these streets and avenues. As a part of the city skyline, ''New Bazaar Area'' is the oldest shopping place for the city. Vasıf Çınar Street and Gazi Boulevard are other busy areas. ''Salih Tozan Cultural Center'' is important for cultural activities in the city. Public transport area where is the point of transport networks is near the Salih Tozan. ''Yaylada'' is one of the most important places for citylife.


Main sights

The capital of Balıkesir province contains many historical buildings. ''The clocktower'' (built in 1892) is the symbol of the city. A historical fountain (built in 1908) is another popular building. The Zaganos Pasha Mosque Complex and ''Yildirim Mosque'' are popular spiritual areas. Many old Balıkesir houses in the ''Aygören'' and ''Karaoğlan'' district remain from the Ottoman period. The center of the city also contains the historical Turkish "Pasha Hamami" bath, which is still in use. ''Balıkesir National Photography Museum'' is the only photography museum in Turkey. The ''Museum of National Moment'', exhibits historical memories of the city. Of course, Karesi is especially known for its historic windmills. *'' Zaganos Pasha Mosque:'' Zaganos Pasha, named after one of the viziers and commanders during the reign of Fatih Sultan Mehmet was built in 1461. *''Yildirim Mosque:'' It's the oldest remaining work from the Ottoman period in Balikesir city. Yildirim Beyazid had it built in 1388 in the second half of the 14th century. *''Umurbey Mosque:'' It has an epitaph of three lines engraved on marble using a special script called ''Sülüs.'' The date is 1412. *''Clock Tower:'' Giridizade Mehmet, Pasha of the Governor of
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, had it built as a replica of the Galata Tower in İstanbul in 1827, but it collapsed in the earthquake in 1897. Governor Ömer Ali Bey, had the present tower rebuilt. *''Karesi Principality Tomb:'' It was built in 1336. It contains Karasi Beg's and his five children's graves. Karasi Beg's sarcophagus is decorated with
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c script. *''Balıkesir's Historical Windmills:'' In Karakol village which is from Balikesir, there are seven historical windmills. But only three windmills remain. Hunting and tracking are the best sports, accompanied by windmills' views. *''Değirmenboğazı:'' (means Strait of mill) City forest. It is a forest area situated between two hills. A pleasant picnic place – it contains a tea garden and restaurant. *''Balikesir Local-Civil Houses:''The city's oldest districts have traditional houses which show the economy and lifestyle of the city until the 1500s. Zağanos Paşa Mosque.jpg, Zaganos Pasha Mosque (1461) Zağnospaşa Cami-2.JPG, Zaganos Pasha Mosque (inside) Pascha-Hamam.jpg, Pasha Hamami (1461) Karesi Beyin Türbesi.JPG, Karesibey Tomb (1336) Karesi Bey türbesi.jpg, Karesibey Tomb (inside) Balıkesir Ziraat Odası - Yıldırım Beyazıt Kulliyesi.JPG, Yıldırım Beyazıt Külliyesi (Yildirim Mosque, 1388) Yesilli cami 2.jpg, Yeşilli Mosque (1786) Balıkesir saat kulesi-2.JPG, Clock Tower (1897) Balıkesir National Photograph Museum.JPG, National Photograph Museum (1878) Balıkesir Faculty of Fine Arts-2.JPG, Balıkesir Sultan-ı İdadisi ( Balikesir Lisesi, 1885) Balıkesir Museum.JPG, Museum of Kuvayi Milliye (Pasha Konagi, 1840) Orman Bölge Müdürlüğü - Eski Vali Konağı.JPG, Old Mayor House (1934) Osmanlı Ev Mimarisi, Balıkesir-3.JPG, Local-Civil House Osmanlı Ev Mimarisi, Balıkesir-1.JPG, Local-Civil House Alaca mescid.JPG, Alaca Mosque (1911) Balıkesir Salih Tozan Cultural Center.jpg, Salih Tozan Cultural Center (1921) Un Fabrikası, Balıkesir (1925).JPG, Flour Factory (1925) Gazi ilkokulu-Balıkesir.JPG, Gazi School (1928)


Local cultural heritages

The main souvenir of city is Eau de Cologne is aromatic lily. ''Hösmerim'' which is made from cheese and egg is the popular dessert of this city. Many old
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dishes (such as ''
keşkek Keşkek, also known as kashkak, kashkek, keške and helîse is a ceremonial meat or chicken and wheat or barley stew found in Turkish, Iranian, Greek and Balkan cuisines. In 2011, keşkek was confirmed to be an Intangible Cultural Heritage of ...
, güveç,
tirit Tirit, also known as trit, is a Turkish dish prepared by soaking broken-up stale bread in a broth prepared from offal, and then seasoned with ground pepper and onion. Some variants add cheese or yogurt. Tirit is based on cooking techniques f ...
, mantı, kaymaklı'') compose the Karesi cuisine.


History

* Karasids


Education

* Balıkesir Lisesi * Sirri Yircali Anadolu Lisesi


Twin towns – Sister cities

Karesi is twinned with: *
Maçka Maçka ( el, Ματζούκα, Matzoúka, the "club"; Laz: მაჩხა ''Maçxa'') is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The name derives from the medieval Greek '' Matzouka'', which was one of the pro ...
, Turkey (since 2015)Karesi ve Maçka kardeş şehir oldu
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, Germany (since 2006)


Notable natives

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– National football player *
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– Actor *
Imam Birgivi Imam Birgivi (27 March 1522 – 15 March 1573) was a Hanafi scholar and moralist who lived during the height of the Ottoman Empire and whose texts are used to this day as manuals of spiritual practice throughout the Muslim world. His full name, in ...
– Muslim scholar *
Kadızade Mehmed Kadızade Mehmed Efendi, aka Küçük (Little) Kadızade or Kadızadeli (1582 Balıkesir Province, Ottoman Empire - 1635) was an Islamic preacher in the Ottoman Empire. Those who accepted his ideas called themselves ''Kadizadeli, Kadızadeliler'' ( ...
- Muslim scholar *
Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan Kurtdereli Mehmet Pehlivan (1864 in Bukurovo village near Tırnova – April 11, 1939 in Kurtdere village near Balıkesir) was a wrestler. He lived most of his life in the village of Kurtdere, 40 km from Balıkesir. He stood 6'5 (196& ...
– World-famous oilwrestler *
Mehmet Çoban Mehmet Çoban (1905–1969), aka Koç Çoban Mehmet, was a Turkish Olympian wrestler in the heavyweight division of Greco-Roman style. He was born 1905 in Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire. A shepherd, he was discovered by the local military command ...
– Olympian Greco-Roman wrestler *
Nazmi Solok Nazmi Solok (1876; Balıkesir – 1956; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. See also *List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes high-ranking commanders who ...
– Military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies *
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– National football player * Oğuz Savaş – National Basketball player *
Tamer Yiğit Tamer Yiğit (born Tamer Özyiğitoğlu in 1942 in Balıkesir) is a Turkish actor. He starred as Ertuğrul Gazi in the history based and adventure series '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019). Throughout his acting career Yiğit has been a recipient o ...
– Actor *
Tülin Altıntaş Tülin Altıntaş (born 1982, in Balıkesir) is a Turkish volleyball player. Tülin is 187 cm and plays as middle player. She plays for DYO Karşıyaka and wears number 11. She also played for Güneş Sigorta, Vakıfbank, 75.Yıl, Yeşilyur ...
– National volleyball player *
Zağanos Pasha Zaganos or Zagan Pasha ( ota, زاغنوس پاشا, tr, Zağanos Paşa, sq, Zognush Pasha; fl. 1446 – 1462 or 1469) was an Albanian Ottoman military commander, with the titles and ranks of ''kapudan pasha'' and the highest military rank, ...
– Ottoman military commander


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karesi, Balikesir Populated places in Balıkesir Province Districts of Balıkesir Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey