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unusual facts about Balıkesir Province



Cossacks in Turkey

As of 1927, there were three Cossack villages in Turkey: Eski Kazaklar (later officially renamed as Kocagöl, the earlier settlement on the southwestern tip of Lake Manyas) and Yeni Kazaklar (founded by a community that left Eski Kazaklar and located on the northern shore of Lake Manyas) in Manyas district of Balıkesir Province, and Kazak (on the eastern shore of Lake Akşehir) in Akşehir district of Konya Province.

Peoples of the Caucasus in Turkey

Circassian population in Turkey is concentrated on two belts of habitation; first one from the province of Samsun to Hatay, the second from Düzce to Çanakkale, especially in Balıkesir.


see also

Akçay

Akçay, Edremit, a municipality in the district of Edremit, Balıkesir Province

Edremit

Edremit, Balıkesir, a district and city in Balıkesir Province, Turkey

Gökçedere

Another name for Gökçeören, Balıkesir, a village in the central (Balıkesir) district of Balıkesir Province

Macarlar

Macarlar, Balıkesir, a village in the central (Balıkesir) district of Balıkesir Province