Mustafakemalpaşa is a town and district in

Bursa Province Bursa Province ( tr, ) is a province in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir to the west, Kütahya to the south, Bilecik and Sakarya to the east, Kocaeli to the northeast and Yalova to the nor ...

, in the Marmara region of

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. The

Mustafakemalpaşa River The Mustafakemalpaşa River, Orhaneli River or Adirnaz River ( tr, Mustafakemalpaşa Çayı, or ) is a river in northwestern Anatolia in the Bursa Province of Turkey's Marmara Region. It is named for the city of Mustafakemalpaşa which lies near ...

(Mustafakemalpaşa Çayı) flows through it.

History

The ancient

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name of the county was Kremaste (Κρεμαστή in

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, Kirmasti in modern Turkish), under the Kingdom of

Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

. Around 300AD the town became important when it became a Christian

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. In 1336 the town was incorporated into the

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. It was devastated in 1920 during the Greco-Turkish war. After the

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, led by

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

, the town council decided to rename the city ''Mustafakemalpaşa'' in his honor. The town currently has 56,727 residents.

Sister towns

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* Kamenicë * Copceac

References

Cities in Turkey Populated places in Bursa Province Districts of Bursa Province Things named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk {{Bursa-geo-stub