Balıkesir

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Balıkesir

Total population

1,284,517

Coordinates39.65°, 27.89°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Balıkesir is a city in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Balıkesir Province, which is also a metropolitan municipality. As of 2022, the population of Balıkesir Province is 1,257,590, of which 314,958 in the city proper. Between 1341 and 1922, it was the capital of Karasi.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mahmut Orhan

Turkish disc jockey and record producer (born 1993)

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Oğuzhan Çapar

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

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Furkan Çil

Turkish association football player (born 1993)

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Kağan Kayalı

Turkish association football player (born 1999)

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Oktay Güngör

Turkish freestyle wrestler

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Ali Serçek

Turkish association football player (born 2000)

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Mert Ali Atakulu

Turkish association football player (born 2006)

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Fuat Seyrekoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1949)

Fuat Sunay

Turkish musician (born 1987)

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Merve Şahinsoy

Turkish particle physicist

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Ali Yağcı

Turkish actor and fashion model (born 1990)

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Sinan Ateş

Turkish historian and statesperson (1984–2022)

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Bilge Yılmaz

Turkish economist (born 1968)

Neptün Soyer

Turkish social reformer (born 1966)

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Orhan Erinç

Turkish journalist (1936–2023)

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Ömer Kaçar

Turkish playwright (born 1990)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Balıkesir

• Padala
  299.8 mi away
• Panichishte
  300.1 mi away
• Sapareva Banya
  302.4 mi away
• Barakovo
  302.4 mi away
• Kocherinovo
  303.4 mi away · pop. 2,400
• Mursalevo
  305.2 mi away
• Samoranovo
  305.5 mi away
• Yahinovo
  307.7 mi away
• Balanovo
  309.5 mi away
• Blatino
  309.8 mi away
• Dobrovo
  309.9 mi away
• Kamenik
  310 mi away

Browse all places in Balıkesir →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Balıkesir

Search results from Open Library.