Adana Province is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey located in central Cilicia. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 78.25 % of the residents of the province. Its area is 13,844 km2, and its population is 2,274,106 (2022), making it the sixth most populous province in Turkey. It is also closely associated with other Cilician provinces of Mersin, Osmaniye, and (northern) Hatay.
Balıkesir Province is a province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km2, and its population is 1,257,590 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southeast, and Bursa to the east. The provincial capital is Balıkesir. Most of the province lies in the Marmara Region except the southern parts of Bigadiç Edremit, Kepsut, İvrindi, Savaştepe and Sındırgı districts and ones of Ayvalık, Burhaniye, Dursunbey, Gömeç and Havran, that bound the Aegean Region. Kaz Dağı, known also as Mount Ida, is located in this province. Balıkesir province is famous for its olives, thermal spas, and clean beaches, making it an important tourist destination. The province also hosts immense deposits of kaolinite and borax, with some open-pit mines. The Kaz mountains are also threatened with the expansion of gold mining using cyanide which puts the villagers' lives, the agricultural economy, and tourism at risk.
Ayvalık is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 305 km2, and its population is 74,030 (2022). It is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. The town centre is connected to Cunda Island by a causeway and is surrounded by the archipelago of Ayvalık Islands, which face the nearby Greek island of Lesbos
Yumurtalık, formerly called Aegeae, Ayas, Lyeys or Laiazzo, is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 447 km2, and its population is 17,654 (2022). It is a Mediterranean port and resort town at a distance of about 40 km (25 mi) from Adana city. The resident population of the town Yumurtalık is 5,739 (2022), but in summer, it rises to 30 to 40,000 people since many inhabitants of Adana have holiday homes here. There are also many daily visitors during the holiday season.
Ayvalık Islands, are the group of islands around Ayvalık district of Turkey in Balıkesir Province in the Northeastern Aegean Sea. There are 22 islands and numerous rocks in the group, with Cunda Island, now a peninsula, being the largest. People live only on Cunda and Lale Islands. Cunda and Lale islands are linked to Ayvalık on the mainland, by a causeway enabling transportation by car. Cunda also has a ferry link from the main town, Alibey, to Ayvalık during the summer.
Demirtaş is a Turkish name and may refer to:
Ayvalık is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yumurtalık, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 457 (2022).
Demirtaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yumurtalık, Adana Province, Turkey. Its population is 595 (2022). This village is a 9-minute drive from the seaside town of Yumurtalık.
Yeşilköy is a neighbourhood in Bakırköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.
Sugözü is a Turkish place name that may refer to the following places in Turkey:
Altınova is a town and district of Yalova Province, Turkey.
Yumurtalık Island is a small Mediterranean island in Yumurtalık ilçe (district) of Adana Province, Turkey. The midpoint of the island is at 36°46′09″N35°47′49″E. It is situated about 300 metres (980 ft) to the east of the port.
Çıplak Island is an Aegean island of Turkey.
Büyük Maden Island is an Aegean island of Turkey
Lale Island is an Aegean Island of Turkey. In the antiquity it was called Kremydonisi. It is part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province at 39°20′43″N26°41′31″E. It has two road connections; one to mainland Anatolia and the other to Cunda Island. The connection to mainland was constructed in 1817 by filing. Now a new bridge is under construction instead of filing. The connection to Cunda Island is by a bridge constructed in 1954.
The Ayvalık Strait Bridge, also known as 15 Eylül Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Dolap Strait in Ayvalık, Balıkesir Province, western Turkey. It connects Cunda Island with Lale Island and, by extension, the town of Ayvalık on the mainland. It has been dubbed The first strait bridge in Turkey since it predates the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul (1970), which has a famous nickname as Strait Bridge.
Akoğlu Island, known in Greek as Kópanos (Κόπανος), is a Turkish islet in the Aegean Sea.
