Erdek is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 307 km2,[3] and its population is 32,021 (2024).[4] Located on the Kapıdağ Peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Erdek at the south of the Sea of Marmara, Erdek is a popular domestic holiday destination with several hotels dating back to the 1960s. The surrounding area has a rugged geology and topography with evergreen wooded areas and large olive groves. It is dominated by Mt Dindymus (782m). Erdek district also included the islands of Koyun and Paşalimanı.
Erdek | |
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District and municipality | |
 Gulf of Erdek | |
 Map showing Erdek District in Balıkesir Province | |
  Erdek Location in Turkey  Erdek Erdek (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 40°23′53″N 27°47′29″E / 40.39806°N 27.79139°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Balıkesir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Burhan Karışık (CHP) |
Area | 307 km2 (119 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | 32,021 |
| • Density | 104/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 10550 |
| Area code | 0266 |
| Website | www |
In the summer ferries travel from Erdek to Avşa Adası, one of the Marmara Islands in the Sea of Marmara. The harbour overlooks tiny Zeytinlik island where there is a research station devoted to olives.[5]
History
editDuring the Hittite era it was known as Artukka.[6] Later it became a colony of Miletus.[7][8] Together with other Greek cities, it took part in the Ionian Revolt against the Persian Empire, but was burnt by the Persians; it seems unlikely that it was rebuilt in ancient times since Strabo does not mention it.[8] In the Roman period it was known as Artace.[9]
During the Ottoman period, Erdek was the centre of the Sanjak of Karasi. According to the Ottoman General Census of 1881/82–1893, the kaza of Erdek had a total population of 33,007, consisting of 29,165 Greeks, 3,070 Muslims, 300 Jews, 18 Armenians and 454 foreign citizens.[10]
In the 1960s, before Bodrum and Marmaris became popular vacation spots, Erdek was a fashionable holiday resort for Istanbul residents. The Pinar Oteli was the most popular place to stay then and is still in business today.[11]
Composition
editThere are 28 neighbourhoods (including villages) in Erdek District:[12]
- Alaaddin
- Aşağıyapıcı
- Atatürk
- Balıklı
- Ballıpınar
- Belkıs
- Çakılköy
- Çeltikçi
- Doğanlar
- Halitpaşa
- Hamamlı
- Harmanlı
- İlhanköy
- Karşıyaka
- Kestanelik
- Narlı
- Ocaklar
- Ormanlı
- Paşalimanı
- Poyrazlı
- Sahil
- Şahinburgaz
- Tatlısu
- Turan
- Tuzla
- Yalı
- Yukarıyapıcı
- Zeytinli
Twin towns — sister cities
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See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ "Erdek Nüfusu Balıkesir". www.nufusu.com. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
- ↑ "ERDEK". www.turkeyfromtheinside.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ Alparslan, Metin (2011-01-01). "Artukka: Assuwa Ülkesi ve Lokalizasyonu". Anadolu Araştırmaları (in Turkish) (16): 23–34. ISSN 0569-9746.
- ↑ Pliny the Elder, The Natural History
- 1 2 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, Artace
- ↑ "ERDEK". www.turkeyfromtheinside.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ Kemal Karpat (1985), Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 132-133
- ↑ "ERDEK". www.turkeyfromtheinside.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ↑ Sister/Twin Cities of Balıkesir Province
External links
edit- Erdek Otelleri
- About Erdek Archived 2020-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Erdek, restaurant,otel,maps,motel,information content.
- Erdek Tourism Tourism page with interactive map and panorama videos.
- Erdek Oteller Pansiyonlar
- Erdek Hotel