Altıeylül is a new intracity district and second level municipality in
Balıkesir Province
Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southea ...
,
Turkey
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. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared
metropolitan municipality. The law also created new
districts
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within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. . Altıeylül is one of them.
Thus after 2014 the present
Balıkesir
Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi.
History
Close to ...
central district was split into two . A part was named ''Altıeylül'' and the name Balıkesir was reserved for the metropolitan municipality.
(Altıeylül or 6 September was the date of recovery of Balıkesir during the
Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
in 1922.)
Rural area
There were one town and 80 villages in Altıeylül rural area. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Altıeylül".As of 2013 the population of Altıeylül was Karesi was 170,260.
Statistical Institute
Neighbourhoods
* Akarsu
* Akçakaya
* Akçaköy
* Aliağa
* Aslıhan
* Aslıhantepeciği
* Ataköy
* Atköy
* Aynaoğlu
* Ayvacık
* Ayvatlar
* Ayşebacı
* Bahçedere
* Balıklı
* Bayat
* Bağalan
* Bereketli
* Beşpınar
* Bigatepe
* Bozen
* Büyük Bostancı
* Cinge
* Dallımandıra
* Dedeburnu
* Dereköy
* Dereçiftlik
* Dişbudak
* Ertuğrul
* Gökköy
* Gökçeören
* Halalca
* Kabaklı
* Karabeyler
* Karakavak
* Karakaya
* Karamanköy
* Karamanlar
* Kirazköy
* Kirazpınar
* Konakpınar
* Kozderegüvem
* Kozören
* Kutludüğün
* Kuyualan
* Kuşkaya
* Köseler
* Köylüköy
* Küpeler
* Kürse
* Küçükbostancı
* Kılcılar
* Macarlar
* Meryemdere
* Orhanlı
* Ortamandıra
* Ovabayındır
* Ovaköy
* Pamukçu
* Paşaköy
* Sarıalan
* Selimiye
* Sıvatpınar
* Tayyipler
* Taşköy
* Taşpınar
* Turnalar
* Türkali
* Yakupköy
* Yenice
* Yeşiller
* Yeşilyurt
* Çakıllık
* Çamköy
* Çandır
* Çayırhisar
* Çiftlik
* Çiftçidere
* Çiçekpınar
* Çukur Hüseyin
* Çınarlıdere
* İnkaya
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Altieylul
Districts of Balıkesir Province