Edremit Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
district and town in Balıkesir Province, Turkey
About Edremit
Edremit is named for Adramytteion, which lies somewhere beneath its modern streets. That ancient city had disappeared before the Turkish tribes assailed the area, and it was an early Ottoman conquest, by Orhan in 1336. However like other coastal towns it continued to have a majority Greek population: Dr Panos Dukakis, the father of Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, emigrated from Edremit in 1912. Murderous ethnic conflict broke out here in 1914, continuing through the First World War into the follow-on Greek-Turkish War. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne deported the Greeks, who were replaced by Turks displaced from the Balkans plus immigrants from Anatolia. The lowlands around town grow olives and other produce, while the slopes just north are forested, so Edremit's industries are agri
Top Attractions in Edremit
Explore the best things to see and do in Edremit:
- ★Ethnography Museum
- ★National Forces Culture Museum
- ★Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Gallery
Where to Stay in Edremit
- 🏨Entur Termal Hotel
- 🏨Uytun Otel
- 🏨Zeybek Hotel
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