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Edremit (District), Balıkesir
Edremit may refer to: * Edremit, Balıkesir, a district and city in Balıkesir Province, Turkey * Edremit, Van, a district and city in Van Province, Turkey * Edremit, the Turkish name for Trimithi Trimithi ( gr, Τριμίθι; tr, Edremit) is a small village in Cyprus, located 6 km west of Kyrenia. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of ..., Cyprus * Edremit (olive), a cultivar of the olive tree {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edremit, Balıkesir
Edremit is a city and district of Balıkesir Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. It is situated at the tip of the gulf with the same name (Gulf of Edremit), with its town centre a few kilometres inland, and is an important centre of trade, along with the other towns that are situated on the same gulf (namely Ayvalık, Gömeç, Burhaniye and Havran). It is also one of the largest district centres of Balıkesir Province. The district of Edremit, especially around Kazdağı, is largely covered with forests. The mayor of Edremit municipality is Selman Hasan Arslan. History The modern city of Edremit is named after the ancient city of Adramyttion () or Adramytteion (Ἀδραμύττειον), a city of Asia Minor on the coast of Aeolis which is in near city Modern Burhaniye Tahtacı Turkmen, descendants of the army of Shah Ismail I, settled in the mountains near Edremit after their defeat in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514. By 1819, Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edremit, Van
Edremit ( ku, Artemêt; hy, Արտամետ, Artamet), is a district in the Van Province of Turkey. The district's central town which has the same name is situated on the coast of Lake Van at a distance of from the city of Van. Government Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor at the local elections in March 2019. In September 2019 five council members of the HDP were dismissed and replaced with trustees. The Kaymakam is Muhammet Fuat Türkman. Etymology The current name of Edremit derives from the Armenian name Artamet, which literally means "Near the Fields" in Armenian, as it lies near the fields of grape and apple trees on the coastline of lake Van. The Greek name for Edremit is Adramyttion (Άδραμύττιον, Latin: ''Adramyttium''). Greeks connect this name with the ancient Greek goddess Artemis. In pre-Christian times, there was a temple in the area dedicated to the goddess Anahit, who was sometimes identified with Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimithi
Trimithi ( gr, Τριμίθι; tr, Edremit) is a small village in Cyprus, located 6 km west of Kyrenia. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl .... Its population in 2011 was 1,268. References Communities in Kyrenia District Populated places in Girne District {{cyprus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |